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This invaluable source book offers guidance, support and advice for those contemplating or involved in academic careers. The contributions provide rich, personal, sometimes poignant and often humorous accounts of shared and unique experiences of those in the world of academia.
Balls, Strikes, and Collisions on the Base Path: Ruminations of a Veteran Reviewer
Balls, Strikes, and Collisions on the Base Path: Ruminations of a Veteran Reviewer
The story goes that three umpires disagreed about the task of calling balls and strikes. The first one said, “I calls them as they is.” The second one said, “I calls them as I sees them.” The third and cleverest umpire said, “They ain't nothin ‘till I calls them.”
The task of reviewing papers submitted for publication in scholarly journals has often been likened to the task of officiating in an athletic competition. Reviewers are termed “referees,” and the leading academic journals that employ them are known colloquially as “refereed journals.” Publishing is the principal ...
