Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Transportation Seminar Series
How to Conduct a Review of a Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

October 13, 2009

Field experts are often invited to review the work of their peers as part of the publication process for scholarly publications. In this seminar, attendees will be presented with an overview of the peer review process, the role and responsibility of peer reviewers, as well as tips and considerations to ensure that reviews are done well.

David Ripplinger, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

David Ripplinger is an associate research fellow at the Small Urban & Rural Transit Center (SURTC), a program of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, located at North Dakota State University. Mr. Ripplinger's research in transit has focused on a number of areas including transportation economics, ITS, coordination, and university community transportation. Mr. Ripplinger is a member of the Paratransit and Transportation Economics Committees of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). He is also the chair of TRB's Paratransit Research Committee. Mr. Ripplinger received his master's degree from Iowa State and is currently in the Transportation & Logistics Ph.D. program at North Dakota State.