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Category Archives: journal editor
there’s no such thing as a free publication
This is a story told against myself. It’s about doing something that I really, really shouldn’t have done. Before I go on I will just say that the story is actually pretty trivial in the overall state of the world, … Continue reading
Posted in journal, journal editor, refereeing, temptation
Tagged major revisions, Pat Thomson, temptation, the quick publication
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a case of conflicting reviewer comments
So you’ve sent the paper into the journal and now the referee comments are in your in-box. You finally pluck up the courage to open the email and what do you find? Contradictory comments. Not helpful. Not at all. We … Continue reading
Posted in conflicting reviews, journal, journal editor, peer review, refereeing
Tagged conflicting reviews, editor, journal, Pat Thomson, peer review
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should a journal editor know if a paper is from a doctoral researcher?
One of the most obvious difficulties of a PhD which requires published, rather than publishable, papers is the dependence of the doctoral researcher on the reviewing process. At a very early stage they must brave what can be a lengthy … Continue reading
