Re-upping my rant from February, after having been asked to act as a new(!) reviewer on a revised manuscript that had already had !!__3 reviews__!!. The authors had made all the very minor requested revisions and the AE wanted me to review the !!revision!!. THIS IS NOT WHAT PEER REVIEW IS FOR!!!!
Chris MacQuarrie
Peer Review is broken because a generation of Editors were trained that peer review is sacrosanct. Thus we have Editors who are clerks, sending and re-sending manuscripts to reviewers until they are happy. That's not the job. Be an Editor, not a clerk. Use your skill and judgement. Make decisions.
