Signing Critical Peer Reviews & the Fear of Retaliation: What Should We Do? | Absolutely Maybe
lkfitz's bookmarks 2018-03-23
Summary:
"There’s a sort of Godwin’s Law for discussions on open peer review. Sooner or later, someone’s going to say, “We can’t expect early career researchers to sign peer reviews, because of fear of retaliation”. And that’s often a discussion-ender. What kind of monster could argue for carelessly letting early career researchers hurtle towards career suicide?
We shouldn’t let this be the end of a discussion. It should be the start of several more."