On 02/05/15 19:07, Robert Stevenson wrote:
Dear All
Occasionally editors do a poor job of managing the review process for a paper
submitted to a scientific journal - the number of reviews is inadequate, the
reviews themselves seem to be based on biased opinion rather than objective
Dear All
Occasionally editors do a poor job of managing the review process for a paper
submitted to a scientific journal - the number of reviews is inadequate, the
reviews themselves seem to be based on biased opinion rather than objective
criticism, etc.
This can make it difficult for the
A SHORT GUIDE TO ETHICAL EDITING FOR NEW EDITORS
http://publicationethics.org/files/short%20guide%20to%20ethical%20editing%20for%20new%20editors.pdf
COPE Guidelines
http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines
In regard to editor responsibilities, when I handle a paper, I feel it is
my
Some good thoughts by Malcolm. Just one thing I’d like to add.
More and more recently I have seen editors abdicate their responsibility to
evaluate not just the manuscript, but the reviewers’ opinions.
Sending a revision back to the same reviewers for “re-review” can be useful in
some cases,
There's been interesting things in the news lately regarding journal
reviewers and accountability from editors. For example...
http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2015/04/sexist-peer-review-elicits-furious-twitter-response
Additional food for thought.
Cheers,
Melissa
On Sat, May 2,
