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Re:Peer Review by jhrmnn on Sunday May 24, 2020 @05:34AM (#23290362)
Many journals I'm familiar with allow you to suggest referees, as well as suggest which researchers should be avoided as referees. If I'm publishing something that is competing in some sense with the work of other people, I will usually suggest to the editor to leave them out from the peer review process.
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Re:Peer Review by _emacsomancer_ on Sunday May 24, 2020 @02:48PM (#23293652)
This has only been occasionally available in my experience, and itself introduces perhaps worse problems. If I'm explicitly arguing against someone's theory, they are likely to be a relevant judge of the merits/demerits of the arguments.

Having a good editor who can discern the difference between a reviewer's relevant responses and 'turf warfare' is probably best one can wish for.

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Re:Peer Review by grodeni on Sunday May 24, 2020 @01:38PM (#23293124)
And now you're ability to exclude reviewers is a significant factor in the acceptation of your paper... Not sure if this is really what we should whish for.
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