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A review of 2020 reviews & a 
of jumbled thoughts:
Ad-hoc Review requests received: 109
Requests accepted: 37
Action Editor ms for J1: 35
Action Editor ms for J2: 86
Thoughts on the current state of review:
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of jumbled thoughts:Ad-hoc Review requests received: 109
Requests accepted: 37
Action Editor ms for J1: 35
Action Editor ms for J2: 86
Thoughts on the current state of review:
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Why do I say yes to ad-hocs?
Well, someone has to. ECRs and everybody else want/need their papers published. We as a field have decided that publications are coin of the realm. And until we provide a better/fairer/egalitarian metric we can't bemoan it & let others drown.
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Well, someone has to. ECRs and everybody else want/need their papers published. We as a field have decided that publications are coin of the realm. And until we provide a better/fairer/egalitarian metric we can't bemoan it & let others drown.
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How do I decide what to say yes to?
If I'm on the board, I 95% say yes unless totally out of realm. I signed up for the board, it's the right thing to do. I say yes if paper seems *so* cool. I say yes if AE is a friend or someone I admire/fear (not proud of that, but
).
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If I'm on the board, I 95% say yes unless totally out of realm. I signed up for the board, it's the right thing to do. I say yes if paper seems *so* cool. I say yes if AE is a friend or someone I admire/fear (not proud of that, but
).3/
Do I regret saying yes?
Often I do. Current @Dr_Koraly has screwed with future @Dr_Koraly by underestimating the impact of reviewing on time and energy more than once. But, then I think of the authors waiting to hear & I screw my courage to the sticking place.
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Often I do. Current @Dr_Koraly has screwed with future @Dr_Koraly by underestimating the impact of reviewing on time and energy more than once. But, then I think of the authors waiting to hear & I screw my courage to the sticking place.
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Should we pay reviewers?
Well, I do the math @450Movement & I'm taken aback at the number. It's work & it's uncompensated & I'm a sap for doing it. But, if we are going to judge ECRs by pubs I don't feel right taking my ball & going home, & letting someone else pay the tab.
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Well, I do the math @450Movement & I'm taken aback at the number. It's work & it's uncompensated & I'm a sap for doing it. But, if we are going to judge ECRs by pubs I don't feel right taking my ball & going home, & letting someone else pay the tab.
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And then I turn around & ask others to review?
Yep. All the time. With confidence & desperation & excitement & dread & anticipation & exasperation. The numbers of subs are only going up (still coin of the realm) but the number of willing reviewers are going down.
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Yep. All the time. With confidence & desperation & excitement & dread & anticipation & exasperation. The numbers of subs are only going up (still coin of the realm) but the number of willing reviewers are going down.
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Is this system sustainable?
No. Not if the trajectory lines between subs and reviewers keep crossing. 15+ requests to get 2-3 yeses is not workable. A sap like me getting so many requests that I now turn down 66.1% (only 41% in 2016) means the well is getting dry.
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No. Not if the trajectory lines between subs and reviewers keep crossing. 15+ requests to get 2-3 yeses is not workable. A sap like me getting so many requests that I now turn down 66.1% (only 41% in 2016) means the well is getting dry.
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What can we do?
Dunno.
can't hurt. Better ways of finding reviewers than an Ed board list, google searches, & lab website stalking. Organized efforts to identify, train, support, & compensate new reviewers.
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Dunno.
can't hurt. Better ways of finding reviewers than an Ed board list, google searches, & lab website stalking. Organized efforts to identify, train, support, & compensate new reviewers. 8/
My big concern?
How do we build a new/better/stronger/fairer system without burying the very people we want to help as they are left to try and meet metrics under BOTH the old AND the new system--whatever that may end up being.
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How do we build a new/better/stronger/fairer system without burying the very people we want to help as they are left to try and meet metrics under BOTH the old AND the new system--whatever that may end up being.
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Addendum
We are in an unregulated and unenforceable and asymmetrical bartering system. W/ submission I am requesting someone's *waves hands* free labor & in return I will provide someone else *waves hands again* my free labor.
10/ https://twitter.com/Dr_Koraly/status/1346108241021960194
We are in an unregulated and unenforceable and asymmetrical bartering system. W/ submission I am requesting someone's *waves hands* free labor & in return I will provide someone else *waves hands again* my free labor.
10/ https://twitter.com/Dr_Koraly/status/1346108241021960194
I'm just a gal who can't say no. But, come on, this'll be so cool.
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/clinical/2021-editorial-board
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/clinical/2021-editorial-board
