Post AWDHHZQV8kYDQg1SKW by julia@hcommons.social
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 (DIR) Post #AWDHHZQV8kYDQg1SKW by julia@hcommons.social
       2023-05-31T10:22:05Z
       
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       That thing when you've been waiting for a submission to get peer reviewed for over a year and the journal has periodically written you to say they are trying but nobody will review it and then you finally get the reviews and they are 1) seemingly responding to a completely different text and/or 2) suggesting you shift the main focus to something you clearly decided to NOT focus on (for obvious reasons). Now to craft the reply to this nightmare and ask myself again why we didn't just withdraw it and send it elsewhere. But also, to question the usefulness of these reviews and ask myself if they did a single thing to improve the piece. (Uh, yeah, no).I also realize peer review is a broken system and I myself have declined MANY requests over the past year due to illness as many other folks have since #longCOVID is in fact a mass disabling event and will impact all the free labor we used to do. But still, had to have a gripe. :blobcatreeeeeee: @academicchatter #AcademicPublishing
       
 (DIR) Post #AWDHHa5GhBA1T760sC by SuneAuken@mastodon.world
       2023-05-31T10:27:27Z
       
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       @julia @academicchatter Yeah, THAT thing.We all have peer review horror stories, and we all feel somewhat alone and abandoned when they happen. Thank you for sharing yours. It's depressing reading, obviously, but it's also slightly heartening to see that this is a shared experience.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWDHHana2QbdgXpOwS by julia@hcommons.social
       2023-05-31T10:48:32Z
       
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       @SuneAuken @academicchatter Yeah. Sigh. But I've also in the past had brilliant peer reviews that totally got my point and helped me refine it and strengthen it, so when it works, it's glorious. You feel seen, supported, validated.It's just that when it doesn't, it's torturous (even when it's an acceptance as in this case). And I fear that with the pandemic conditions we still work under, it's getting a lot worse.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWDHHbT3YDmblBEWae by SuneAuken@mastodon.world
       2023-05-31T10:54:25Z
       
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       @julia @academicchatter This is also true. I once had a reviewer who got so engaged with the argument that he broke cover and wrote to me directly to wrestle with he. He was very good, and it was exhilarating. I haven't felt the COVID-impact in my own field, but it is probably either blindness or pure, dumb luck.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWDHHc7T7y6pmW8na4 by SuneAuken@mastodon.world
       2023-05-31T10:55:47Z
       
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       @julia @academicchatter Damn, "blindness" is ableism. I fall for it every time. It's so entrenched in language that it's incredibly hard to avoid. I will improve. Slowly, but I will improve.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWDHHclshiR3nr34ZU by StephZihms@sotl.social
       2023-05-31T11:54:50Z
       
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       @SuneAuken @julia @academicchatter Part of the issue is that we never really support peer review - another learn as you go aspect of higher ed…I cover this as part of a paper writing course and offer to support new reviewers at the journal I’m associate editor for…don’t see it that often
       
 (DIR) Post #AWDM8fz1tMMwvhkcuu by SuneAuken@mastodon.world
       2023-05-31T12:49:13Z
       
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       @StephZihms @julia @academicchatter Agreed. At my university we sometimes offer electives for our PhD students in peer review, but mostly it's simply learning by doing. Which may mean that the only useful instruction you ever get is from editors.