I formally peer-review papers for various magazines all the time, everything from utter BS to pure gold. However, there's a long stream of complaints in the academia and elsewhere that official peer review is almost random, destroying value as often as it adds it. In my own experience as an author, I've benefited from the help of some superb editors but had some unacceptably unfair moments under formal peer review. I have long since switched my own publishing to well-edited and high-profile industry magazines that avoid academic peer review but which make sure everything is looked over closely by professional editors. It's not the same thing.
Also, I find that magazines that edit but do not formally peer-review tend to be less wedded to dogmas and be more open to a variety of opinions. Another huge issue is, of course, ease of public access. If published research is intended for the benefit of the public, science articles should not be behind paywalls. There's a lot of discussion around the academia about this also. The CSEG Recorder combines the best of all worlds, with superb editing and open access plus wide circulation. My compliments to the folks who runs it, and I hope everybody will have a look. Cheers. Henry................................................... Dr. Henry Lyatsky, P.Geoph., P.Geol. ph. 403/282.5873 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.telusplanet.net/public/lyatskyh> www.telusplanet.net/public/lyatskyh This message and any attachments are confidential. Any redistribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete this message and attachments from your system. Please check this message, links and attachments for viruses; we accept no liability for any malware damage. Thank you. _____ From: Brian Schulte [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 11:24 AM To: Greg Hodges Cc: [email protected]; Henry Lyatsky Subject: Re: [SEGMIN] Publication recommendations I think all papers need to be peer reviewed and I have done it for the EAGE, I also think the RECORDER has published a lot of good papers and we do peer review them. We do reject and all of us editors always feel we made that paper all that better. Just finished a review for the EAGE and it made a large difference. TLE is a good place to publish and we welcome any one who wants to publish but it will be reviewed. Even be rejected trust me, even though I am Chief Editor RECORDER rejected my paper. B Sent from my iPhone On Oct 30, 2018, at 11:18 AM, Greg Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: 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 <[email protected]> wrote: In my experience, it is vital to have free public access when the paper is published, without paywalls. Only this way can you achieve the kind of broad circulation you need to really advertise your work. It is up to you, of course, to do the hard labor of posting the article around where it would be widely seen. I am not very impressed with the practice of peer review. We are all familiar with the relevant scandals and horror stories. Much more useful is to have a very good editor, who would help you tell your story without censoring it or making demands on what the story should be. These criteria, in my experience, are met by the CSEG Recorder magazine in Canada , to whose editor this e-mail is copied. Perhaps Brian Schulte should be included in this e-mail list, so he and his team could see what people are working on that's potentially publishable. Cheers. Henry................................................... Dr. Henry Lyatsky, P.Geoph., P.Geol. ph. 403/282.5873 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.telusplanet.net/public/lyatskyh> www.telusplanet.net/public/lyatskyh This message and any attachments are confidential. Any redistribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete this message and attachments from your system. Please check this message, links and attachments for viruses; we accept no liability for any malware damage. Thank you. _____ From: SEGMIN [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Reid via SEGMIN Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 2:22 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Alan Reid Subject: Re: [SEGMIN] Publication recommendations Declaration of interest. I'm on the Editorial Board of Geophysical Prospecting.... But it means I do know our policies concerning papers we'd consider and our publication charges. Alan Reid [email protected] _____ From: SEGMIN <[email protected]> on behalf of Alan Reid via SEGMIN <[email protected]> Sent: 30 October 2018 08:17:54 To: [email protected] Cc: Alan Reid Subject: Re: [SEGMIN] Publication recommendations Geophysical Prospecting would be happy to consider paper of this sort. And it doesn't charge for colour illustrations, as long as they're relevant. Alan Reid [email protected] _____ From: SEGMIN <[email protected]> on behalf of Ed Cunion via SEGMIN <[email protected]> Sent: 30 October 2018 02:31:29 To: [email protected] Cc: Ed Cunion Subject: Re: [SEGMIN] Publication recommendations Sean, Have seen some regional geophysics papers from the Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Nature, Science, Lithos, and Geology, Ed Sent from my T-MOBILE Android device On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 12:09 PM Sean Walker via SEGMIN <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all I am woking on a paper with some geological colleagues. It is focussed on the role of regional geophysics in encouraging mineral exploration in historically under-explored areas. Not geophysically novel but the goal is to show the potential value added. I doubt the usual geophysical journals (Geophysics, Exploration Geophysics, Geophysical Prospecting) would accept the paper so I am looking for suggestions of other "geo" journals that might be receptive. 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