Table 2 Undergraduate reviewer open-ended responses to the question “What are the major academic benefits to serving as an editorial board member for EvoS Journal?,” arranged thematically

3. Allows you to help contribute to your peers and to the field, heightens your own editorial abilities when reviewing your own work, feel like an active member in the community.

4. First, the opportunity to view the work of peers from other universities has been enlightening. Second, I have gained more experience in the blind peer-review process which is common in the scientific/academic world.

5. Increasing my exposure to academic articles and novel ideas.

1. You get to think critically and express your opinion.

2. Serving as a board member helped to sharpen my analytical and critical reading skills. I think this opportunity definitely provided me with some fundamental building blocks to help me be more successful at evaluating my own work as well as my peers, upon which I can continue to build throughout my career in academia.

3. Gives you an example of how others approach the research and writing process, allows you to explore how you may have done things differently.

3. Gives you an example of how others approach the research and writing process, allows you to explore how you may have done things differently.

6. It is an opportunity to improve your critical thinking skills to more effectively evaluate and prepare your own research.