tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post225589191715335297..comments2024-03-12T03:23:42.976-04:00Comments on NeuroDojo: The value of editorsZen Faulkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-54993936019235205242017-03-01T18:31:52.736-05:002017-03-01T18:31:52.736-05:00Well, yes.
But at the same time, not so much. It&...Well, yes.<br /><br />But at the same time, not so much. It's all very well for this editor to write " I think that you would be wise to regard the reviewers not so much as gate-keepers, but as persons who volunteer helpful advice". But we have all been through experience where gatekeeper has been <i>exactly</i> the role of the reviewers -- and I have had reviews that give the impression that the reviewer sees his role as essentially a combative one.<br /><br />There are good and helpful reviews, and I have benefitted from several of them. But let's not pretend that that is the universal, or even necessarily the prevalent, experience.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.com