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Scientific Peer Review, ca. 1945

Herr Professor has his latest manuscript reviews back, and he’s not thrilled with the editorial decision.

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25 Responses to “Scientific Peer Review, ca. 1945”

  1. National Institutes …
    National Institutes of Health. they can (among other things) found your research if you write them a grant proposal (don’t hold your breath)

  2. Too Funny!!!! This …
    Too Funny!!!! This is happening to me right now!!! LOL!!! I needed such a good laugh!!!!

  3. national institute …
    national institute of health….

  4. AStellaSimbolique on February 12th, 2010 at 12:57 pm

    what is N.I.H???
    what is N.I.H???

  5. I’ve seen a lot of …
    I’ve seen a lot of these spoofs… this is the best one ever!

  6. Dead on!
    Dead on!

  7. lol
    lol

  8. Funny, but who …
    Funny, but who wants to be Hitler…I’d rather get rejected.

  9. hylarious, ehehe… …
    hylarious, ehehe….LOL

  10. …”or we could …
    …”or we could write it up for scientific American”…that is the best line!!!

  11. This is just too …
    This is just too awesome for words. I hate reviewer #3!!!

  12. Too funny…fellow …
    Too funny…fellow academic sent me this link after I received a “Revise and Resubmit” with 2 reviewers recommending “Accept” and a 3rd reviewer recommending substantial revisions….I’m still laughing!!!

  13. Awesome–especially …
    Awesome–especially the contrast with the German. That makes it brilliant.

  14. Yeah, why are some …
    Yeah, why are some reviewers worse than American Idol judges?

  15. Don’t worry, I’m …
    Don’t worry, I’m not fired. He has humor, but there a certain taboos in the german intellectual class (aka P.C.). Maybe I will mention the third reviewer on the next article review, maybe I will return to Mars…

  16. Hey, screw #3 – …
    Hey, screw #3 – it’s the editors that get me all the time agreeing with the worst reviewer… no balls indeed!

  17. so true
    so true

  18. me parto de risa …
    me parto de risa con esto, sobre todo cuando comienza a gritar “fucking reviewer#!!”

  19. 1st year postdoc? …
    1st year postdoc? How about first year grad student who doesn’t speak any English, and quits after a month.

  20. This is hilarious!! …
    This is hilarious!! I am laughing alone in my room at 4AM while working on the Reviewer #3 comments !!…

    On the serious side…the vid and the comments show how hollow the peer review thing has become. It’s time to just abandon it perhaps…it has its origins in the past elitist intellectual culture..now everyone has a website to “publish” his stuff…

    Eeven Amazon review system works better than the peer review nowadays mainly since any JUNK can be published SOMEWHERE!

  21. To whom?
    To whom?

  22. schmendrikbengetz on February 12th, 2010 at 12:57 pm

    Doesn’t work if you …
    Doesn’t work if you understand German.
    Auf deutsch klingt es ganz anders.
    They should have changed the sound-track too…

  23. LOL
    LOL

  24. es bleiben im rrraum
    es bleiben im rrraum

  25. gunsandbullhorns on February 12th, 2010 at 12:57 pm

    Wow. I didn’t know …
    Wow. I didn’t know somebody leaked a VIDEO from the East Anglia University Climate Research Unit, as well. This is some pretty damning evidence. :o

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