Martin Stower Wrote:
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> Origyptian Wrote:
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> > First, you missed the fact that they don't
> decree
> > that the journal picks the reviewers, not the
> > authors.
> > Second, you neglected to include the very next
> > sentence:
> >
> > “...Authors may suggest reviewers for their
> > manuscripts, but RADIOCARBON retains the right
> of
> > final decision regarding assignment.”
> >
> > Now that's a BS peer-review
> process.
>
> Which is BS from you, as you neglect to notice the
> qualifying clause: “RADIOCARBON retains the
> right of final decision regarding
> assignment”—which, to those of us who
> understand the English language, “decrees”
> quite clearly that the journal picks the
> reviewers. Authors may suggest, but the journal
> decides.
>
> M.

Of course they retain the right. Do you think they would openly forfeit having any say in what's published in their journal? Do you think they would accept you as a reviewer for a C14 paper?

Where do you get this stuff?

I'm guessing you've never published anything that requires peer-review. At least not in the quantitative sciences. Perhaps "peer review" has a different definition among Egyptologists. Have they changed their review standards since the days of Reisner?




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 15-Jul-16 01:41 by Origyptian.