Cat has done way too many of those "write the letter you'd like to send, then delete and send a sanitised version" emails today.
I generally tend to sympathise with #authors a lot, but today's lot, oh dear Zeus, spare me #OverlyExasperatedEditor #PeerReviewWarStories #PeerReview #ResearchEthics
May be hard to believe it, but email the other day has been worse.
I know that editors sometimes do shitty things. I know that referees sometimes write things that are pretty inappropriate. And I know rejections, whatever the reason behind them, sting an awful lot.
But for the love Zeus, let's not pretend that any of this justifies behaving like a twit.
#PeerReviewWarStories #PeerReview #PublishingEthics #AcademicsGoWild 2/2
Overly.Honest.Editor