tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post3856743102963800024..comments2024-03-25T02:33:41.590-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: To Review or Not to ReviewFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-45615007136333305172006-12-03T16:44:00.000-06:002006-12-03T16:44:00.000-06:00Double-blind peer review is impossible, as in almo...Double-blind peer review is impossible, as in almost all cases it would be trivial to tell from the scientific content whose research group a particular manuscript emanates from even if the authors are not listed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-45028335308211579832006-12-02T14:38:00.000-06:002006-12-02T14:38:00.000-06:00Agreed that double-blind review would be best. Sec...Agreed that double-blind review would be best. Second best is the opposite: reviewers' names are published, too. <br /><br />Agreed that grad students are the toughest reviewers, but not for the reason anonymous states. <br /><br />Grad students don't understand the limitations of money, time, technical hurdles, etc. and tend to propose ideal and undoable heights to which authors should aspire. <br /><br />Having said that, though, I think science would in general be better if all papers were reviewed by grad student idealists!<br /><br />But the way it stands now, it doesn't matter if the grad student shoots down a colleague of their professor- the PI edits the review and signs their own name, so if you say anything too negative, it probably gets deleted before the editor sees it anyway.Ms.PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11050354864577547294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-80696265649246899362006-11-30T11:24:00.000-06:002006-11-30T11:24:00.000-06:00I have never, ever, ever understood why any peer r...I have never, ever, ever understood why any peer review is <i>not</i> double-blind. I do not understand how reviewers can do a better job by knowing authors' identities. I do not understand how science as a field gains by the added bias that comes with identity, in peer review. It's a pet peeve of mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-74483414833527654632006-11-28T21:36:00.000-06:002006-11-28T21:36:00.000-06:00Hence the motivation behind double-blind reviewing...Hence the motivation behind double-blind reviewing (about not shooting down their advisor's colleagues). I guess it's not common in the physical sciences?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-8999251258139434782006-11-28T11:15:00.000-06:002006-11-28T11:15:00.000-06:00So I guess you don't subscribe to the school of th...So I guess you don't subscribe to the school of thought that states: "Grad students do the best reviews!"?<br /><br />I wonder if grad students are harder reviewers than their professors though? They have more time to be critical and to read previous literature, but they might not want to shoot down someone their professor likes as a colleague.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com