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Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by etrautmann on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:48AM (#21212937)
I’ve never heard of a paper that was accepted without revisions after peer review. There’s always some (thoigh frequently many) requested changes, but never once have I seen three reviewers all sign off without having a single suggestion.
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Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by ghaff on Thursday October 10, 2019 @09:08AM (#21213943)
It seems almost inherent to the process. I don't read or write journal articles. But I'm sometimes asked to be a reviewer on a book proposal and I fairly frequently review docs of various types at work.

If I'm just one peripheral person on a long list I might read quickly through and say "Looks fine to me." But if I'm really reviewing something, I almost feel that I'm expected to at least find some nit-picks--as well as anything really substantial of course. It's pretty rare that I will be "No comments" on a first-pass review.

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