>T.-S. Lim ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: I'd like to hear others' opinions regarding making the review process for
>: submitting papers to journals totally open. In my very limited experiences,
>: I've encountered referees who don't know what they're talking about.
They even
>: make silly comments. IMHO, they would think twice before writing any silly
>: comment if they know that their names would be made known to the author(s).
>: I'd like to venture that an open-review process would increase the overall
>: quality of the journal. Thank you for reading this. Email me if you'd
like to
>: have a private discussion.
We have these problems in psychology and neuroscience too, and, I suspect,
so do most disciplines.
The anonymous review process is certainly imperfect, but necessary. Who
would give a bad paper a negative review if their identity were to be
revealed? In the political environment of academia, where the author whose
paper you review may review your next grant application, doing so would
require intestinal fortitude and/or a skewed sense of idealism.
Jim
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