For some reason, the topic of reviewing and getting papers rejected came up several times in conversations at VIS recently. Getting your work rejected and …
Peer Review
Peer Review, Part 5: The Importance of Gatekeepers
The purpose of peer review is to separate the wheat from the chaff, the good from the bad, the brilliant from the clinically insane – you get the picture. But …
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Peer Review, Part 4: Good Reasons for Bad Papers
As a reviewer, you might sometimes ask yourself why people write so many bad papers. And why they bother submitting them. I certainly do. But where do they come …
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