tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506135718533366764.post5304721546494416567..comments2024-03-23T14:27:28.386-04:00Comments on RajLab: Wisdom of crowds and open, asynchronous peer reviewARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811773097412828786noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506135718533366764.post-709552301933404482019-05-13T15:54:06.654-04:002019-05-13T15:54:06.654-04:00OMG this is why i never read movie reviews for mov...OMG this is why i never read movie reviews for movies i'm excited about beforehand; they always prejudice me toward/against the movie!!!Caroline Bartmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04420722703020468795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506135718533366764.post-77336650322055507972019-05-07T08:06:13.818-04:002019-05-07T08:06:13.818-04:00Interesting post. What I like about open peer rev...Interesting post. What I like about open peer review is that it is useful for teaching other reviewers what they might have missed in their own reviews. (Of course, it could also show them the nasty side of peer review, but I rarely see that in the journals that I have served as Editor for.)<br /><br />Also, I have a slightly different example of this kind of bias. I was asked to review a review paper that was in one of those online discussion journals. Because the authors would figure out who I was, I chose to be not anonymous. I thought the review paper was worthwhile, but there were many flaws in the content and writing that required extensive revisions. If done right, this would probably occupy many months of the authors' time, so I recommended rejection and resubmission after all the flaws were fixed. <br /><br />Friends and colleagues of the coauthors starting posting reviews about how important this paper was to publish, most neglecting my point that it was poorly written and needing substantial work.<br /><br />In this case, the open peer-review process allowed a camp to form around support for the manuscript. I don't know if the Editor took these comments into account in the decision.David Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15897825955377060152noreply@blogger.com