"The examples are stale – the method is not exciting. There is nothing much here"
"The reported mean of 7.7 is misleading because it appears that close to half of your participants are scoring below that mean"
"This, of course, is disingenuous if not unethical"
ShitMyReviewersSay
ShitMyReviewersSay
ShitMyReviewersSay
"Limited scholarship, flawed design, and faulty logic engender no enthusiasm whatsoever'
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'Pacific oysters and carpenter ants are not "animals" Correct this word.'
You thought we'd disappeared - Nothing could be further from the truth. After a four year silent retreat, cleansing ourself from the energy of The Other Place and the lingering aftertaste of several hundred harsh reviews, we're back! We'll be reposting the back catalogue & taking new submissions.
Who are 'we' you ask? We are your favourite online celebration of the harsh, the weird, the passive aggressive, the active aggressive and the downright mean comments practicing scientists receive on a regular basis. Because a review shared is a review halved* (*proverbs aren't our forte)
"I am afraid this manuscript may contribute not so much towards the field's advancement as much as towards its eventual demise."
