I did not realize this was a common reviewer comment. I just went through this, whereby I spent 8 hours a day for 10 day trying to find the information. I only found 1 example after 5 days that worked, but the word vast made me think I was at fault and I kept looking.
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It’s sadly happened to me more than once, and based on the response to this tweet it happens to lots of folks.
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Sorry it happened to you.
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We recently had a reviewer say they initially thought the thing we were working on was well-established, but couldn't think of a specific paper so did a brief literature search and realized it really was a gap. I was so grateful for their thoughtfulness!
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That is both awesome and super rare.


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Wow, this is an awesome piece! Thanks so much for sharing.
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Five from different labs, I would add.
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But, then how am I supposed to get them to cite me five times?
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I had to point out in a reply that citing the same paper at 6 different places only counted once...
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Hmmm... it'd be interesting to additionally weigh each reference based on the no. of its mentions within a paper tho.
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Some weeks ago a reviewer said on a paper that "alternative variables might account for the variation" in Y without mentioning a single one of those variables or providing any clue of what s/he was thinking.
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I guess it’s not technically wrong... it’s just useless
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I just had a reviewer make the comment I needed to 'broaden my writing'. Helpful. Thanks. (The manuscript currently has >60 references).
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This is some strong tea. My 1st ever MS a reviewer was like 'there's no discussion of xyz hypothesis'. Searched everywhere. Emailed 10s of junior & senior faculty. No-one knew or could find a single paper ever setting up that hypothesis in the field. Fucking aggravating
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If I suggest literature I almost always give a short works cited at the end. It’s not that much work for me since I’m familiar with the literature and so hope it’s helpful for the writer. I’ve had a reviewer do that and it helped a whole theory come together for me.
ধন্যবাদ। আপনার সময়রেখাকে আরো ভালো করে তুলতে টুইটার এটিকে ব্যবহার করবে। পূর্বাবস্থায়পূর্বাবস্থায়
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I can't like this enough. I was once sent on a wild goose chase for "numerous papers" that did not exist. The reviewer didn't even bother to provide a single reference. The reviewer also used these nonexistent references to discount our interpretations.
ধন্যবাদ। আপনার সময়রেখাকে আরো ভালো করে তুলতে টুইটার এটিকে ব্যবহার করবে। পূর্বাবস্থায়পূর্বাবস্থায়
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One time I had a reviewer tell me I had a severe "west-coast bias" in the papers I was citing. No examples of what I was missing or suggestions of what I should add. Counted them up, even east and west coast.

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