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The importance of references in scientific papers
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2024 7:16 pm
by Gfamily
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Re: The importance of references in scientific papers
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2024 5:14 am
by Chris Preston
Not hard to guess who the reviewer was.
This is seriously poor behaviour on the part of the reviewer and the editor should have called it out.
Re: The importance of references in scientific papers
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2024 12:42 pm
by Allo V Psycho
I recently sent a paper to a journal I wasn't familiar with but a colleague had mentioned it to me. I cited 8 references - it's a niche field. The editor responded that they would only send it for refereeing if I made the total number of references up to 20 (but with no suggestion that they cited a particular person). I have no idea what benefit it was to the journal to have 20 references. I withdrew the paper anyway.
Re: The importance of references in scientific papers
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2024 10:55 am
by wilsontown
Yep, editor should really be stepping in there.