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EB1aspirant

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Hello Everyone

I am a new postdoc in a medical school and thinking about applying for EB1A. Graduated from a US med school in 2010. I have about 4-5 publications (in journal's with imp. fac. 7, 12 etc). and about 30 citations. my lawyer says that I can apply provided I have something to show that I have reviewed some journal articles. So, I recently contacted several journals in my field and here is the present status:

A. one of the journals send me a paper immediately and I reviewed.
B. 3 more journal editors emailed me back saying that they have included me as their reviewer and have noted my field of interest and will contact in future.

now, my 3 questions:
1. is it ok to show those emails saying that i have been included as a journal reviewer, instead of showing emails asking to review a specific paper (because its not known when they may send me a paper)?

2. how many such reviews of papers have to be shown?

3. does the impact factor matter in case of paper review too?

please let me know the above three.. thanks a lot !!
 
1- The answer to that depends on the officer reviewing your application. Many officers are very well trained and will know the difference between "being put on a reviewer's list" and actually reviewing papers. Other officers may consider the fact that you're a designated reviewer as sufficient evidence. So you can include the evidence if you wish, but you have to make sure you word the description properly.

2- Again, depends on the officer. I only showed evidence that I'd reviewed 2-3 papers I think, but mine was EB2-NIW. Your case might have higher expectations.

3- Not too much of a disadvantage if it's a low IF (the fact that you've judged papers is more important than their IF), but can be used to brag if the IFs are high.
 
Hi
could you tell me how did you approach journals to become a reviewer and which journals you approached too-i am in a similar situation
thank you
 
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