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Maxiontoday at 5:56 PM2 repliesview on HN

My wife has had numerous papers rejected because the reviewer belonged to a competing lab. Took a few tries and a request to exclude a certain reviewer and hey presto! published!


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SubiculumCodetoday at 6:33 PM

Were these open reviews? Many times they are blinded, so unless they revealed their identity, you would not know.

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jschveibinztoday at 6:33 PM

That is despicable behavior from a professional. How common is this in academia?

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