It would be great if people provided comments on preprints, especially if we had a chance to digest and reply. Instead, the preprint system is being weaponised by @KriegeskorteLab as a way to post dismissive journal reviews that are really cheap self-aggrandizing blog posts.
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so, who is it serving? we already got the comments from the editor so not the author. Is it serving the community? then why wait for the editor...
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and of course it is very strategic what is reviewed, promoted, etc. I wonder whether it is convenient to miss the point of a paper so one can in effect write a blog post about their work.
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Interesting points! I share some concerns, but also think bioArxiv/F1000/etc are designed for direct discourse. Arguably not via blog posts, but via comments embedded within manuscripts' pages. Is it better to release reviews either directly, or only when a rebuttal is available?
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This preprint was only reviewed as part of a traditional journal submission though. Had
@biorxivpreprint's system been used to leave the feedback it would/could have been incorporated into the article before journal submission.1 reply 2 retweets 14 likes -
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As opposed to now where it's basically just created a heuristic for other to also reject this paper without reading it, which has genuinely happened already.
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would the commentary not be just as available to reviewers as a heuristics had it been left underneath the preprint as a comment? is the objection to the fact that people are likely to actually read Niko's blog, and not comments?
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I think that, as
@ProfData and I have already said in this thread just above, would be ideal because it allows for a dialogue and would have been in time to allow for arguing against rejection. It's also more open as it allows for the full context to be readily available.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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Yep, plus hard to pretend these are honest reviews when they are ultimately intended as blog posts to promote a certain brand of research. That is an inherent conflict of interest. One can't wear all these hats at once, especially when wielding power.
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I don't get this. pretty much everything we do is self-serving. did you post a preprint out of the goodness of your heart, even though it hurts you? aren't you just contributing to the demise of traditional prepub review? who gave to the right to attempt to evade gatekeepers?
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