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The Buzz: No Comment

By ejohnson on August 20, 2009.
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In peer reviewed research, scientific insight is often gained as much from the comments on a published journal article as it is from the paper itself. Comments address mistakes overlooked during peer review and offer scientists with opposing views a chance to critique their competitors' work. But what if the journal refuses to publish a comment because it is barely over the accepted length--while simultaneously publishing much longer comments on other articles? Steinn Sigurdsson of Dynamics of Cats discusses an account written by physicist

"How to Publish a Scientific Comment in 1 2 3 Easy Steps" on Dynamics of Cats

The saga of the journal comment. on Adventures in Ethics and Science

Not-so-self-correcting science: the hard way, the easy way, and the easiest way on A Blog Around the Clock

Why Are You Publishing a Comment, Anyway? on Uncertain Principles

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