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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Wanna do some peer review?

By Tangotiger, 12:31 PM

Some academics don’t like us.  Others though appreciate our no holds barred approach.  I firmly believe that any punch above the belt is a fair punch.  Of course, once the guy is down, you back off.  (I hate those old hockey brawls where the guy would pin someone to the ice, and still keep punching the guy.) If you can offer criticism in an honest manner, without personally insulting someone, I think it’s fair.  You might come off as arrogant, or rough around the edges, but those are things that the reader can get past.  Respect, and quality of content.  That said, I got an email:

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