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- From: agb16@mbuc.bio.cam.ac.uk (Alan Baxter)
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- Subject: Re: Author's Rights
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.075558.18683@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 07:55:58 GMT
- References: <92356.110515FORSDYKE@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <Dec.21.15.21.10.1992.3147@net.bio.net> <BzpvBE.4yA@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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- With regards to:
-
- "and, and, and, - how about adding the names of the reviewers **on**
- the journal article as well (replace a dissenting reviewer by the
- journal editor when a split decision is over-ruled).
- This would likely insure *better* reviews as well as give credit"
-
- I have advocated this for quite a while, so long as their names are
- shown if accepted outright. What about the reviewers who haggle over
- several drafts or ask for huge changes or extensive work - you know,
- the ones you would kill if you knew who they were!
- Certainly if the editor overrides the reviewers then that should be
- stated on the paper. This occurred recently in Science as the reviewers
- were outraged that it appeared that they had accepted the paper after
- having discussed it extensively with fellow workers (it was a terrible
- paper and much of the discussion was about the dubious sanity of the
- first author).
- Regards Alan
-