That's unfortunate, Henry. I have reviewed plenty of papers, and I like to
think I have helped the authors improve the quality of both the science and the
communication, without altering their message or even the flavor of their work.
Of course, I have recommended rejection of a couple of papers that were pure
voodoo, but only after reading them with an open mind. Someone needs to guard
the integrity and quality of high quality journals. It's a lot to expect an
editor to have the time and expertise to review a plethora of technical papers
on myriad types of geophysics. For every scandal there are a hundred diligent,
helpful, voluntary reviews.
There are plenty of industry magazines that will publish without any review
beyond spell-check, almost any BS that any fast-buck salesman with a bit of
techno-babble wishes to submit. Anyone can submit, but your hard work and
pride might be published alongside an article on an oil-sniffers.
Sean: Someone mentioned TLE. I think Preview is another that tends to publish
broader interest, less-"researchy" papers. They've got more hard-rock content,
too. But a lot of the journals plead for more case histories, and I, for one,
would like to see more geophysical publications that mention a few rocks.
Greg Hodges
On Tuesday, October 30, 2018, 11:58:50 a.m. EDT, Henry Lyatsky via SEGMIN
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In myexperience, it is vital to have free public access when the paper is
published,without paywalls. Only this way can you achieve the kind of
broadcirculation you need to really advertise your work. It is up to you,
ofcourse, to do the hard labor of posting the article around where it would
bewidely seen.
I amnot very impressed with the practice of peer review. We are all
familiarwith the relevant scandals and horror stories. Much more useful is
tohave a very good editor, who would help you tell your story without censoring
itor making demands on what the story should be.
Thesecriteria, in my experience, are met by the CSEG Recorder magazine in
Canada , towhose editor this e-mail is copied. Perhaps Brian Schulte should
beincluded in this e-mail list, so he and his team could see what people
areworking on that’s potentially publishable.
Cheers.
Henry...................................................
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Declaration ofinterest. I'm on the Editorial Board of Geophysical
Prospecting.... But itmeans I do know our policies concerning papers we'd
consider and ourpublication charges.
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Geophysical Prospecting would be happy toconsider paper of this sort. And it
doesn't charge for colour illustrations, aslong as they're relevant.
Alan Reid
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Sean,
Have seen some regional geophysics papers from the Journal ofGeophysical
Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Nature, Science, Lithos,and Geology,
Ed
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Hi all
I am woking on a paper with some geological colleagues. It is focussedon the
role of regional geophysics in encouraging mineral exploration inhistorically
under-explored areas. Not geophysically novel but the goal is toshow the
potential value added. I doubt the usual geophysical journals(Geophysics,
Exploration Geophysics, Geophysical Prospecting) would accept thepaper so I am
looking for suggestions of other "geo" journals thatmight be receptive. My
initial thought was Interpretation but looking at thewebsite it seems very
seismic heavy. Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers
Sean
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