Life in Academia: January 2009 Archives

I may only (sic) be a graduate student, but I am lucky to have received excellent tutelage in how to conduct a peer review of a paper.  Recently I have had opportunity to be on the receiving end of poor quality reviews.  In the interest of full disclosure, I should note that the outcome of the one set of reviews was a 'reject,' and the other an 'accept.'

Really though, the quality of a review is independent of the review outcome.  For one can receive a high quality review that results in rejection; or a poor quality review that results in acceptance.  Ultimately, all of us in the research game want high quality reviews that end up in acceptance of our work.