On Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 03:27:19PM -0800, glen e. p. ropella wrote: > And when I see review comments to papers I'm a co-author on, they > usually contain constructive feedback. I do often have to sift through > prejudiced tangents or twist my mind to see their point of view in order > to get to the good stuff. But it's almost always obvious that the > reviewer takes her professional responsibility seriously. Perhaps I'm > just lucky in the scientists I know and the reviews I've gotten of my > work. But as my dad always said: "I'd rather be lucky than good." ;-) >
Maybe lucky, or maybe your work is more mainstream (you mention coauthor - most of my publications are single author, and that possibly makes a difference), or maybe its a pro-US bias (which does exist, according to sumfink I read in New Scientist). I should also mention - that even though I'm saying constructive revewing is a minority in my experience, it is not a rarity either, and the pearls of wisdom from the reviewers do make it worthwhile. Still, nothing can be proven by mere anecdote :). -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 hpco...@hpcoders.com.au Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
