Timeline for How should I decline a referee request for the paper which I refereed before?
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| May 30, 2018 at 3:31 | comment | added | ElderDelp | +1 because you provided draft text for a note to the editor. The OP requested this, and extra effort likee this improves the utility of answered for the OP and those of us that wander searching for wisdom. | |
| May 29, 2018 at 7:47 | comment | added | PLL | I’ve done this a few times, and each time, the editors said they were very happy with it. I’d note though that if you’re offering to re-review at all, you shouldn’t just resubmit your earlier review — make sure to update it to reflect any revisions they’ve made. If e.g. they’ve fixed some minor errors, then make sure to remove mention of those, so that you don’t detract from more serious criticisms that are still valid. If you don’t want to give the submission so much of your time, then that (not the fact it’s a re-review) is a good reason to decline. | |
| May 29, 2018 at 2:28 | comment | added | zibadawa timmy | I think I like this option the best of what's been posted. It doesn't go so far as to say you've immediately judged the paper as unworthy for the current journal (as Paul says in his answer: unless the problems with the paper are fundamental/severe, it may fail muster on importance/content in one journal but not other), but makes it clear you've previously done so for some other journal and want to know if that would be considered acceptable or unacceptable to the editor. And this can change depending on if the topic/field has many potential reviewers or very few. | |
| May 28, 2018 at 21:58 | history | answered | Ellen Spertus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |