Timeline for Should an editor ask his own graduate (PhD) students to review papers in his journal?
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| Nov 3, 2014 at 5:21 | comment | added | jakebeal | @ff524 When inviting reviewers, I think it's important to get a good diversity of viewpoints. I would not ask a student under my close supervision to do a review for a paper where I am the handling editor, because I would be concerned that I have too much of a day-to-day influence on their views. Once a person is established as an independent researcher, the relationship becomes less of a concern over time, but diversity of reviewers is always important to give a fair review and avoid group-think. | |
| Nov 3, 2014 at 4:56 | comment | added | ff524 | My advisor has never been involved in reviews that I've personally been asked to write, at any point in my career - if someone asks me to write a review, it's because they believe I'm qualified to do so. And the point about people in the same lab group having similar biases seems weak - would you then say that professors should also not ask former students to review papers? Should all of my advisor's former students not ask me or anyone in my group to review? | |
| Nov 3, 2014 at 4:44 | comment | added | jakebeal | @ff524 If you're far enough in your program that your advisor can trust you as an effective reviewer, there might not need to be any oversight. I would still feel uneasy about the loss of independent perspective, though, as people in the same lab group will tend to have the same biases and blind spots. | |
| Nov 3, 2014 at 4:28 | comment | added | ff524 | whose review they will need to oversee - What? My advisor doesn't "oversee" reviews I write (unless I'm sub-reviewing for him). | |
| Nov 1, 2014 at 3:19 | history | answered | jakebeal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |