tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post7530056741912705257..comments2024-03-14T04:53:49.513-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: Extreme ReviewingFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-39308114168345145832008-01-14T09:31:00.000-06:002008-01-14T09:31:00.000-06:00Many journals (most?) nowadays have web-based subm...Many journals (most?) nowadays have web-based submission tracking systems, in which the editor can see how many times a person has peer-reviewed for the journal and filter the request accordingly. As an editor, I would limit the number of times I asked one person to review a manuscript. It's also helpful for a potential reviewer who is too busy to recommend alternative good reviewers. I hope your load has eased up a bit by now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-5282011288853414022007-11-20T23:21:00.000-06:002007-11-20T23:21:00.000-06:00laura, FSP, it would help to be clear what "propos...laura, FSP, it would help to be clear what "proposals" you are discussing. In NIH land, a load of 10 proposals to review each round would indeed be a typical limit.Drugmonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414353815962084981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-6249380423816286932007-11-20T13:07:00.000-06:002007-11-20T13:07:00.000-06:0010ish proposals would be very unusual. The most I'...10ish proposals would be very unusual. The most I've ever had to review at one go was ~ 80. A few dozen is not so bad.Female Science Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-70385149412102020842007-11-20T11:29:00.000-06:002007-11-20T11:29:00.000-06:00you (or anyone else) haven't yet commented on... a...you (or anyone else) haven't yet commented on... a few dozen proposals! you are on a review panel? is that a typical number? for some reason I imagined more like 10ish... -from a grad student just starting to figure this stuff out. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-30173027055636145062007-11-19T22:33:00.000-06:002007-11-19T22:33:00.000-06:00You know, of course, that you just jinxed yourself...You know, of course, that you just jinxed yourself by saying no more in 2007... tomorrow the manuscript of your dreams will turn up. I know, because it happened to me! And I think the editor KNEW I'd not only not be able to say no, but that I'd want to read it before a conference session I'm organizing next week on the very topic. So that's what I'll be doing Thanksgiving weekend, if I ever catch up on these student papers!unexplainedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522833340690687151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-5547915215997110602007-11-19T21:47:00.000-06:002007-11-19T21:47:00.000-06:00It varies an extreme amount, from a few hours to m...It varies an extreme amount, from a few hours to many hours over several days. I am about to finish one review that will have taken me a total of about 3 hours, including reading the paper and writing the comments. That's on the quick end, but it was a very short and straightforward paper.Female Science Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-25394029320057562112007-11-19T21:39:00.000-06:002007-11-19T21:39:00.000-06:00How many hours, on average, do you spend reviewing...How many hours, on average, do you spend reviewing a single manuscript?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-29561647194697929642007-11-19T13:30:00.000-06:002007-11-19T13:30:00.000-06:00If these all had to be done in a week or two, I co...If these all had to be done in a week or two, I couldn't do this many. Each editor had a different preferred due date for the reviews, and in some cases I said I could only do the review if it was OK to return the review by LATER DATE; in each case, the editor decided it would be better to have my slightly late review than to seek a different reviewer. So, as long as I work on them steadily, I can get them done.Female Science Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-28125353222144783902007-11-19T12:52:00.000-06:002007-11-19T12:52:00.000-06:00Actually, I think the fact that you were asked twi...Actually, I think the fact that you were asked twice in the same day by the same editor to do two different reviews is strong evidence that this particular editor might think of you as a reviewing doormat.<BR/><BR/>I'm curious though - how long do you think is an appropriate turnover time for reviewing a journal manuscript? I'm a graduate student so I don't have a good sense of the appropriate response time. I know my advisor likes to respond within a week or two at the most. So by that standard, you would be completing one per day or so. That seems crazy intense!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-1756167900143427192007-11-19T06:58:00.000-06:002007-11-19T06:58:00.000-06:00You are doing a huge service to your field. I know...You are doing a huge service to your field. I know getting reviewers can be a real problem for editors. The basic math is, if every paper *accepted* gets reviewed by two people, then every researcher in the field needs to be reviewing twice as many papers or proposals as s/he is submitting; and really the number is more than two to one, since not everything gets published and some papers have to go to a third reviewer. You're probably going beyond the call to make up for some slackers.lkhoythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304012719428014289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-37696335774367450332007-11-19T02:05:00.000-06:002007-11-19T02:05:00.000-06:00¡¡¡8!!! You have got to be kidding.Say no to more ...¡¡¡8!!! You have got to be kidding.<BR/>Say no to more than 1 a month.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12518980340179305767noreply@blogger.com