tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post1465369521935065596..comments2024-03-25T02:33:41.590-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: On ResubmissionFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-7849441906383828582008-07-29T05:00:00.000-05:002008-07-29T05:00:00.000-05:00I was wondering why you refer to all the reviewers...I was wondering why you refer to all the reviewers as "he" ? Unless you knew there identities?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-35030401920934030022008-07-27T11:08:00.000-05:002008-07-27T11:08:00.000-05:00Very interesting post. I have never heard (in my l...Very interesting post. I have never heard (in my limited experience) of including previous reviews of a manuscript. I could certainly see how this kind of approach could positively influence an editor's and perhaps reviewer's decision making process if done in the right way. Great advice that I will keep in mind in the future.Candid Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01722793931639972423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-44174261263718706982008-07-23T14:04:00.000-05:002008-07-23T14:04:00.000-05:00I used to favor 'lateral' moves for resubmissions,...I used to favor 'lateral' moves for resubmissions, but these days, as long as the journal is in a Citation Index and can therefore be found easily, I think it's fine to move down in impact factor. If I were an early-career scientist, however, I would try lateral moves, as the prestige of the journal matters for hiring, tenure, promotion, and grant-related activities.Female Science Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-82559232568959451022008-07-23T13:49:00.000-05:002008-07-23T13:49:00.000-05:00to add to the applause: Great Post! I'm curious, h...to add to the applause: <I>Great Post!</I> I'm curious, however, what advice you might give for resubmissions in terms of the choice of the 2nd journal. I've heard some PI's say that you should exhaust your lateral choices first, before submitting to a 'lesser' journal. This seems like a waste of time to me and just adds to the 'shop your paper around' phenomenom. Would you agree?Jonathan Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133232985480734844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-51881275487774203462008-07-22T21:43:00.000-05:002008-07-22T21:43:00.000-05:00Very interesting Maxine, thanks for that.And thank...Very interesting Maxine, thanks for that.<BR/><BR/>And thank <EM>you</EM>, FSP, for bringing this to our attention. Maxine's comment seems to corroborate what you say; win-win all round.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-32043372599415576262008-07-22T16:56:00.000-05:002008-07-22T16:56:00.000-05:00We recently had one rejection because of one such ...We recently had one rejection because of one such reviewer from a well reputed Chemistry journal, we revised the manuscript and submitted to Nature where is got decent reviews and right now we are trying to resubmit the manuscript with revision. so sometime, a rejection is not so bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-61197332299398385492008-07-22T16:15:00.000-05:002008-07-22T16:15:00.000-05:00Great post! Most of our reviews are anonymous but ...Great post! Most of our reviews are anonymous but we often suggest and exclude different reviewers for resubmissions. I would never had thought to include a response to previous reviews. <BR/>Perfect timing too- I am in the resubmission process right now!DancingFishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309494766930447380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-63129046982982784932008-07-22T14:27:00.000-05:002008-07-22T14:27:00.000-05:00Agreed with the new FSP's comment above, this is a...Agreed with the new FSP's comment above, this is a very good blog!<BR/><BR/>To endorse the point you make in your post, I agree that it can be helpful to enclose previous reviewers' comments when you submit a manuscript elsehwere. At the journal where I am an editor (one of those single-name journals to which you refer) we sometimes receive manuscript submissions that have been previously rejected by another single-word journal, in which the author encloses the referees' comments and editor's decision letter. We always consider each manuscript "de novo", and it would not affect our view of it one way or the other whether it had been previously rejected elsewhere (we'd operate our own peer-review process in either case). Sometimes, the previous journals' reviewers' comments can be quite helpful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-19251082625824310272008-07-22T14:21:00.000-05:002008-07-22T14:21:00.000-05:00Thanks for this post. Nobody has ever told me this...Thanks for this post. Nobody has ever told me this before, I would never have considered it. <BR/><BR/>I guess I always assumed that most editors are the same, and stupid or nasty reviews were just a waste of everybody's time. <BR/><BR/>I'm surprised to hear that some editors would actually bother to read the previous reviews and might even see how ridiculous they were. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, if the reviews are anonymous, the editor at Journal #2 has no way of knowing how to avoid sending the new version to the same reviewers, do they?<BR/><BR/>Regardless, I have probably missed good opportunities in the past and delayed my publications for lack of knowing this. I don't think this is common practice in my field, I have never heard of anyone doing it. But it is probably worth doing the experiment to find out!<BR/><BR/>dr. mcr, I have never heard of this. It is especially interesting to hear, since it sounds like you're saying Journal #2 doesn't even tell the authors about this behind-the-scenes practice?? So they might not even be aware? <BR/><BR/>Giant databases are powerful things, can be used for good or evil! This sounds pretty evil to me!Ms.PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06542602867472447035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-50209664045243852122008-07-22T09:23:00.000-05:002008-07-22T09:23:00.000-05:00I always find this blog so helpful. I want you to ...I always find this blog so helpful. I want you to know you are doing an excellent service to the science community. <BR/>The info on reviews go for proposal reviews, too. I usually try to incorporate the critical part into my new proposals so I don't make the same mistakes twice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-33081363426442533642008-07-22T07:28:00.000-05:002008-07-22T07:28:00.000-05:00Great post. Who knew about the kangaroos?Anyway, ...Great post. Who knew about the kangaroos?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I am on the editorial board for a journal that is part of a large European science publisher, and heard something related to this and, in my view, scary, in our last board meeting. Apparently there is an opt-in arrangement that journals can utilize that provides access to reviews from previous submissions of a manuscript to other journals to the editors of other journals when they receive the same paper. There is even the option of editors passing those previous reviews on to the new reviewers. Although the thinking here is that valuable information is provided in those previous reviews (undoubtedly true in many cases), all the bizarreness also gets passed on. Wondering what you and others think about this...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-14662196636546864332008-07-22T05:37:00.001-05:002008-07-22T05:37:00.001-05:00Example: "Reviewers X and Y say we are wrong, but ...Example: "Reviewers X and Y say we are wrong, but in fact we aren't <a title="www.rdd.su" href="http://www.rdd.su/"> </a>kaicevyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07554103531622625901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-83653541369206817422008-07-22T05:34:00.000-05:002008-07-22T05:34:00.000-05:00Thank you for the advice. Perhaps this would ha...Thank you for the advice. Perhaps this would have helped me a few years ago, during my Great Journal Shop of Many Years Duration. (Grr to senior authors, some editors, and several reviewers. And also grr to that horrible institution known as "online supplements".) All's well that ends well I suppose.Mister Trollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199391221220679385noreply@blogger.com