Why and How to Write a High-Impact Review Paper: Lessons From Eight Years of Editorial Board Service to Reviews of Geophysics

Mark B. Moldwin; Fabio Florindo; Gregory Okin; Alan Robock; Eelco J. Rohling; Bayani Cardenas; Annmarie Carlton; Kate Huihsuan Chen; Michel Crucifix; Andrew Gettelman; Alun Hubbard; Tomoo Katsura; Thomas H. Painter

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Why and How to Write a High-Impact Review Paper: Lessons From Eight Years of Editorial Board Service to Reviews of Geophysics

Mark B. Moldwin^*, Fabio Florindo, Gregory Okin, Alan Robock, Eelco J. Rohling, Bayani Cardenas, Annmarie Carlton, Kate Huihsuan Chen, Michel Crucifix, Andrew Gettelman, Alun Hubbard, Tomoo Katsura, Thomas H. Painter

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High-impact review papers describe and synthesize the current state of the art, the open questions and controversies, and provide ideas for future investigations. They are written not only for a specific scientific discipline but also for the broader Earth and space science community. They not only summarize the literature, but they also create a framework from which to understand the progress, problems, and connections between different communities, observations, models, and approaches. Here we describe how to write a high-impact review paper, and why you should consider writing one for Reviews of Geophysics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	860-863
Number of pages	4
Journal	Reviews of Geophysics
Volume	55
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/2017RG000587
Publication status	Published - Dec 2017

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Moldwin, M. B., Florindo, F., Okin, G., Robock, A., Rohling, E. J., Cardenas, B., Carlton, A., Chen, K. H., Crucifix, M., Gettelman, A., Hubbard, A., Katsura, T., & Painter, T. H. (2017). Why and How to Write a High-Impact Review Paper: Lessons From Eight Years of Editorial Board Service to Reviews of Geophysics. Reviews of Geophysics, 55(4), 860-863. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017RG000587

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