manuscript reviewers - random or legit?
Once in a while I get an invitation to review a manuscript. Not sure how I got on the list, or if they are even legit (and I haven't paid attention to if it's always the same journal, this one is an env. mon. journal). Why would someone want me to review a paper about critters on a coast? Am I in their database now and they randomly choose a name, or do they truly try to match papers with expertise? I once received an invite to review a paper pertinent to my work, but I knew someone even ore knowledgeable so I recommended him. Insights anyone?
3 comments:
I've only been asked by an ethnobotany journal I was a good fit for, so I have no insight.
I have only been asked to review for journals that matched my knowledge/skill set with the exception of one journal. I simply wrote that editor back and said I wasn't a qualified reviewer. The topic was WAY off anything I've ever worked on or thought about, so it made me wonder, too, about how some editors choose their reviewers....
Molly
I went ahead an agreed to do it. It's kind of a simple paper and the critters are in the water, not terrestrial like I envisioned. I'll modify my post so no one can track the title to this!
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