Asking for a Re-Read

There is an interesting discussion over at PEA Soup about when (if at all) to request a re-read. The discussion thread leads to an interesting discussion of a more general problem concerning the blind referee process.

There have been quite a few posts in the blogosphere highlighting problems with the peer review process in philosophy journals.

I wish there was more accountability in the journal referee process, but editing and refereeing seems to be such a thank-less job that it’s difficult to see how to proceed.

This entry was written by Andrew Cullison, posted on December 31, 2007 at 5:57 pm, filed under philosophy, philosophy journals. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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Maury The Beetle

Posted January 1, 2008 at 6:46 pm | Permalink

To stir up some trouble, how else do you think it should work?

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