Questions tagged [peer-review]
On the evaluation of work (typically, a publication or grant proposal) by the author's peers. This includes: refereeing, which is often used to determine an academic paper's suitability for publication in a journal or conference; peer evaluation of teaching skills; peer review of research grant proposals; and post-publication review of a book or article, as is common in the field of mathematics.
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Conference witholding reviewer feedback until registration - possible predatory conference?
I recently submitted a paper to a CS conference which was accepted after about ~2 weeks. Upon acceptance they notified me that reviewer feedback was withheld until registration was completed (~$490).
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Is it rude to tell an editor that a paper I received to review is out of scope of their journal?
I received an article for review from a journal I did not review for before and honestly haven't even heard of so far. It is not a predatory journal, just a journal that until quite recently had a ...
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What should be my response for a rebuttal on double blind citing my own work as "similar"
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I submitted a paper to a Q1 Conference (I'm in CS, so conferences have a strict baseline for us) and recently got it back for a rebuttal that I need to submit in 6 days.
The issue is R2 ...
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Is Long 'Last Review Activity' an Indicator that Editors Might Review the Paper Themselves?
I am a novice in the academic publishing process and have recently submitted a paper that is crucial for my upcoming PhD applications. I'm trying to understand the current status of my submission ...
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Second opinion requested in third round of review
I recently submitted my first paper to a well-known journal in the field. After about 1.5 months, the first decision was a major revision which I completed promptly and re-submitted (the decision was ...
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In which cases will single anonymized review be better than double?
Many journals choose single anonymized review processing instead of double anonymized. I wonder what are the considerations behind these decisions to choose the single anonymized review?
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Is peer-reviewing lighter in ACM-SIAM proceedings?
I am having problems understanding some inequalities proved in a paper from the 2019 Proceedings of SODA (annual symposium organized by ACM and SIAM). These proceedings are very helpful and I do not ...
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How long should it take for minor revision, in pure mathematics?
I received a minor revision from a good (in my opinion) mathematics journal. I submitted the revised version. Since then, it has been more than 2 months, but we have yet to get a decision. Maybe the ...
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A journal asks me "Do you want to get recognition for this review on Web of Science?" Anonymity and benefits?
Recently, I submitted a review to a major journal in my field. They asked me during the submission process, "Do you want to get recognition for this review on Web of Science?"
How does this ...
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Does the editorial board of a journal have the ethical right to refuse publication for insulting the reviewer?
In their response to a review, the authors insult the reviewer, question their professional knowledge and the comments made regarding the finalization of the publication.
The reviewer cannot refuse ...
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As a referee, how can I avoid being force-opted into marketing?
Multiple times, for multiple publishers, I have received an automated email, sent through editorial manager software, asking me to referee a paper. When I click on the link in the mail, I am first ...
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How can I stop getting emails about unwanted registrations to some review websites and asking me to review for random journals? [closed]
I often get automated emails about unwanted registrations to some review websites and asking me to review for random, typically paywalled journals. Is there any to stop or reduce that kind of spam?
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What would a paper proposing a new theory to explain something with several lines of evidence look like?
As an example, suppose I come up with a theory that removes the need for dark matter. Dark matter is a hypothetical substance with many different lines of evidence for its existence, but it hasn't ...
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How to handle conflict between two papers as a referee?
I am currently reviewing Paper A for prestigious conference. Earlier this year, Paper B was published in very prestigious conference.
Paper B was a breakthrough in our sub-sub-field. It proved an “...
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What are the purposes of Xivs?
A colleague of mine tend to upload her researcher paper to chemrXiv just the day she submitted it to the journal.
What is exactly the purpose of that and is it always permitted?
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Rejecting a Paper from a Prestigious Lab as a Reviewer
I am now serving as a reviewer at a computer science conference. I could identify that one of the papers I am reviewing comes from a prestigious lab based on
The type of research problem the paper is ...
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Is it appropriate to try to contact the referee of a paper after it has been accepted and published?
I have a paper that was refereed, accepted, and published. The referee's report was overwhelming positive and enthusiastic about my paper and results.
Now that the paper is fully published, is it ...
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May I reveal my identity as an author during peer review?
I have a very specific question regarding peer review. We recently submitted our work to a well-known journal and received a fast peer review decision. One reviewer said that our paper was missing an ...
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How to handle reviewing a paper which I suspect has been generated by AI?
I am reviewing a paper from a fairly famous journal in computer science. I am mostly sure that the paper was generated by AI. The paper has many problems and deserves to be rejected on the merits. But ...
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Co-author uses ChatGPT for academic writing - is it ethical?
I am writing a paper with a co-author. I spent a considerable amount of time (several months) writing a first draft of the paper. I then sent it to co-author asking them to revise the draft and add ...
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Is it ethical to re-submit a manuscript without addressing comments from a particular reviewer while asking the editor to exclude them?
We have a manuscript that has been rejected from different journals twice: once after initial review, once after the editor felt we didn't address the reviewer comments appropriately.
In both cases ...
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Can I contact the editor with relevant personal information in hope to speed-up the review process?
I have submitted a math paper to an Elsevier journal around 2.5 months ago, it is now under review (reviewer invited) for around 2 weeks. I understand that this is a relatively short time for a math ...
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How are the effects of published errors accounted for?
Imagine a researcher publishing a paper that contains a key error in some fact or figure. This error slips through review and ends up being cited in future papers. Later, the original researcher ...
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Referee for two papers by the same author: can I let them know?
I am a referee for two papers by the same author: can I acknowledge in the second report (the first was almost ready when I was invited to referee the second one) my report to the first paper?
To give ...
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Do editors check your submission history?
I was wondering whether one's submission history to a particular journal plays an important role / is considered by a handling editor? Let's assume that one submits to a particular journal multiple ...
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Are there any countries whose academics/editors are prohibited from working with North Korean affiliated researchers?
Quote from Swiss sanction on North Korea:
Any scientific and technical cooperation with persons or groups officially sponsored by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or representing the ...
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Is humor unacceptable in referee reports?
I am from a country where humor is a part of the culture, and I recently prepared the following referee report:
The manuscript solves an interesting problem, but, unfortunately, the
authors are a bit ...
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Should I sent another follow-up email to editor if there is no response after submitting the revision?
I am a Ph.D. student in pure mathematics. Recently, I received a very positive review of one of my articles from a good (or at least average) journal. After a minor revision, I sent back the revised ...
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How long does it take to give decision on revised manuscript?
My research field is pure mathematics. I received a major revision of one of my articles. I sent the revised version, and the editor said he would let us know the decision after referee's ...
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Reject without a valid reason after complaining to the editor
For a manuscript we were having under review, a new reviewer was invited in the second round because another reviewer dropped out.
The new reviewer proposed some new changes, including ones regarding ...
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Would it be appropriate to point out an error in another paper during a referee report?
I just finished refereeing a paper in math. The paper was completely incorrect and unsalvageable. The authors (very senior) made a trivial mistake (confusing two definitions), and the rest of the ...
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Should I agree to review a paper that I've already recommended that another journal reject?
I recently reviewed an article submitted to an academic journal and recommended that the editor reject the submission (which he did). There were no errors or problems with the submitted article, but I ...
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Is it common practice to accept an applied mathematics manuscript based on only one positive report?
A week ago, I have received an invitation to review a manuscript in Applied Mathematics by an Elsevier journal and I was given a deadline of two weeks to reply to the invitation. As I was a little bit ...
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How to write to convey a message to referee during revision of an article?
I am a math doctoral student. Recently, I received a revision of one of my articles.
It is a positive report. In the report letter, the referee advised looking into a particular project (a ...
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What do you call a paper without solid analysis and discussion?
I find in my reviewing activities that the last few years I've encountered more and more papers that are "data dumps". They tend to be papers with lots of data but very little analysis, ...
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How do I continue work if I love my research but hate my peers?
I am an established researcher in my discipline, which is a sub-field of computer science. In the last years, I have successfully published papers and generally enjoyed doing research, as in ...
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Journal decision of submitted paper
I have submitted the paper to an Elsevier journal and one of the reviewers gave his review in just 5 days.
However the paper still appears to be under review.
I have 2 questions:
Does the fact that ...
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Paper leaked during peer review - what are my options?
As the title states. I recently submitted a manuscript for one of the flagship journals of Springer.
Not long after, I received information that they used my work for their external recruiting process ...
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What standards to apply when refereeing for a new journal?
I was asked by an editor (someone I know very well, actually a former postdoctoral advisor of mine), to referee a paper for a math journal.
The journal is new. It only started receiving submissions a ...
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Should I withdraw my paper after it has been under review for one year if the journal has been unable to find reviewers?
I submitted my paper to an journal published by Elsevier, but unfortunately, the editor has been unable to find reviewers for the past one year. After six months, we reached out to the associate ...
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Shall I write a rebuttal letter or just transfer my manuscript? How shall I write the letter?
I recently submitted a paper to a peer-reviewed journal and received feedback from two reviewers. Reviewer #1's feedback was rather nonspecific, but Reviewer #2's comments were quite perplexing.
This ...
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Accepting a reviewer position only if I'm not the sole reviewer
I have received a review request from a journal (in case it matters, it is the best journal in a certain field of mathematics). The article has some material in which I can reasonably be considered ...
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Are editors/ peer reviewers in the scholarly peer review system to be held accountable for their comments? [closed]
I have received peer reviewers comments on a paper I submitted to a reputed journal. After consideration, I have modified my arguments to be compliant with these reviewer comments. When I submitted ...
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Taxonomy of an ACM CSUR(Computing Survey) survey paper
I am new to the research domain and recently submitted a survey paper to ACM Computing Survey Journal (CSUR). After the first review, one reviewer commented,
Taxonomy is missing, and ACM CSUR paper ...
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During peer review, how to handle comments that we are not able to address?
We have submitted a marketing paper about consumer responses to service failure in online reviewers while reading. This is a second review round and the comments makes me upset.
We have reported age, ...
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Should we keep trying at top-tier venues?
So the problem goes as follows: we submitted a manuscript to a top-tier conference and got strong rejects. We then submitted to another top-tier conference (after incorporating the feedback of the ...
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Should I review for journals where I would not publish my own papers?
Sometimes I receive review requests from journals that are not popular among my colleagues. I'm not so sure about the situation of these journals. They are typically Web of Science SCI Q2 journals (e....
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Citational nationalism: citing only groups within the same country
This is a trend that I have noticed more and more over the years as a reviewer for a number of journals: a group of authors from country X submits a manuscript, where the vast majority (if not all) of ...
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No confirmation after resubmitting a paper which got "Revision Required" [closed]
My paper submitted to a Springer journal got "Revision Required" and a comment on what type of revision was required. I completed that required revision and I want to re-submit the revised ...
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Rejection of 5 months under review paper without referee's report
I had a submission to a Math Journal. I was tracking my paper: its status was under review for more than 5 months. It was rejected without any report from reviewers and I just received a comment from ...
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