prompt stringlengths 34 18.6k | chosen stringlengths 0 9.99k | rejected stringlengths 0 9.99k |
|---|---|---|
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | I was given an offer from UC Davis for their biostatistics program at just $22k flat for the academic year, to which I declined knowing it was ridiculous with that cost of living. I feel for the students who probably felt like they had no choice but to accept, or are first-gens without financial backing from their fami... | Solidarity with UC academic workers! ✊ |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | I was given an offer from UC Davis for their biostatistics program at just $22k flat for the academic year, to which I declined knowing it was ridiculous with that cost of living. I feel for the students who probably felt like they had no choice but to accept, or are first-gens without financial backing from their fami... | I keep seeing $24k cited as the current stipend, but it’s definitely much higher than that at UCs in my field- in the 30k-40k range, depending on which UC. I’m curious as to what $24k represents? Is that the lowest paid worker currently (I know humanities fields pay a lot less)? |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | I was given an offer from UC Davis for their biostatistics program at just $22k flat for the academic year, to which I declined knowing it was ridiculous with that cost of living. I feel for the students who probably felt like they had no choice but to accept, or are first-gens without financial backing from their fami... | Wishing them much success! I doubt the NIH is going to match, so its up to the University to make up the difference here. Less admin should go a long way. I had 4 other roomates in a 3 bedroom during my PhD at a UC. Was at 17,000 per year in early 2000s. It gets old in your late 20s. |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | I was given an offer from UC Davis for their biostatistics program at just $22k flat for the academic year, to which I declined knowing it was ridiculous with that cost of living. I feel for the students who probably felt like they had no choice but to accept, or are first-gens without financial backing from their fami... | Is this $24k an year, or $24k for 9-months? I gave two acquaintances at UCB (who joined PhD recently) and both mentioned they get paid around ~26 - 29k for 9 months. They're in EECS though, so that might be why |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | I was given an offer from UC Davis for their biostatistics program at just $22k flat for the academic year, to which I declined knowing it was ridiculous with that cost of living. I feel for the students who probably felt like they had no choice but to accept, or are first-gens without financial backing from their fami... | SUPPORT! |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | Solidarity with UC academic workers! ✊ | I keep seeing $24k cited as the current stipend, but it’s definitely much higher than that at UCs in my field- in the 30k-40k range, depending on which UC. I’m curious as to what $24k represents? Is that the lowest paid worker currently (I know humanities fields pay a lot less)? |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | Wishing them much success! I doubt the NIH is going to match, so its up to the University to make up the difference here. Less admin should go a long way. I had 4 other roomates in a 3 bedroom during my PhD at a UC. Was at 17,000 per year in early 2000s. It gets old in your late 20s. | Is this $24k an year, or $24k for 9-months? I gave two acquaintances at UCB (who joined PhD recently) and both mentioned they get paid around ~26 - 29k for 9 months. They're in EECS though, so that might be why |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | *checks flairs of users posting comments disagreeing* shocked_pikachu.jpg | FYI because a lot of people don't know the structure of a PhD. You can disagree with this structure but it is the current structure in the US. A Ph.D. is a degree with some classes but is primarily working towards a final thesis documents that outlines some novel research you conducted. In theory the student has near ... |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | *checks flairs of users posting comments disagreeing* shocked_pikachu.jpg | Is this $24k an year, or $24k for 9-months? I gave two acquaintances at UCB (who joined PhD recently) and both mentioned they get paid around ~26 - 29k for 9 months. They're in EECS though, so that might be why |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | *checks flairs of users posting comments disagreeing* shocked_pikachu.jpg | SUPPORT! |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | *checks flairs of users posting comments disagreeing* shocked_pikachu.jpg | You have my support! |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | FYI because a lot of people don't know the structure of a PhD. You can disagree with this structure but it is the current structure in the US. A Ph.D. is a degree with some classes but is primarily working towards a final thesis documents that outlines some novel research you conducted. In theory the student has near ... | SUPPORT! |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | FYI because a lot of people don't know the structure of a PhD. You can disagree with this structure but it is the current structure in the US. A Ph.D. is a degree with some classes but is primarily working towards a final thesis documents that outlines some novel research you conducted. In theory the student has near ... | You have my support! |
Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community- Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now. We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of... | You have my support! | SUPPORT! |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | That actually happened to one of my friends in grad school - he was teaching an undergrad class, and one of the undergrads cheated on his homework and then refused to pay the person who did his homework for him. The person who did the homework contacted the university to out the student, and we failed him. Put us in a ... | I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes. |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | Cheating hurts all hard working and honest students. | Uvocorp? I used to do your job, too. It pays pretty well, but it's disgusting to see people get their PhDs by outsourcing their work. Especially the bitchy and entitled clients that think they are all that. Since my background is in ancient philosophy, I particularly hated a client that said Plato is "old" and "irrelev... |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | Cheating hurts all hard working and honest students. | I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes. |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | Uvocorp? I used to do your job, too. It pays pretty well, but it's disgusting to see people get their PhDs by outsourcing their work. Especially the bitchy and entitled clients that think they are all that. Since my background is in ancient philosophy, I particularly hated a client that said Plato is "old" and "irrelev... | I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes. |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | Probably going to get downvoted to hell here but I find it laughable that OP (and the other plagiarist commenters) think they have some moral grounds to look down on their clients. | Dude, I had a student turn into me *my own* lab report from the year prior It's in everyone's best interests to just assume the students are cheating |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | Probably going to get downvoted to hell here but I find it laughable that OP (and the other plagiarist commenters) think they have some moral grounds to look down on their clients. | The thing I can't help but wonder when people cheat like that is, what's going to happen for them once they're in a job? I've found that almost everything I remember writing about has ended up being useful in my career at some point; what do people do when they don't have that well of research and writing experience to... |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | Probably going to get downvoted to hell here but I find it laughable that OP (and the other plagiarist commenters) think they have some moral grounds to look down on their clients. | I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes. |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | Probably going to get downvoted to hell here but I find it laughable that OP (and the other plagiarist commenters) think they have some moral grounds to look down on their clients. | This makes me really really mad because I spend hours stressing and working on my papers. And if there are students who get good grades because someone else writes the papers for them? How is a company like that legal? |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | If you're working for these companies you're as much a part of the problem as the students. | Dude, I had a student turn into me *my own* lab report from the year prior It's in everyone's best interests to just assume the students are cheating |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | If you're working for these companies you're as much a part of the problem as the students. | The thing I can't help but wonder when people cheat like that is, what's going to happen for them once they're in a job? I've found that almost everything I remember writing about has ended up being useful in my career at some point; what do people do when they don't have that well of research and writing experience to... |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | If you're working for these companies you're as much a part of the problem as the students. | I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes. |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | If you're working for these companies you're as much a part of the problem as the students. | This makes me really really mad because I spend hours stressing and working on my papers. And if there are students who get good grades because someone else writes the papers for them? How is a company like that legal? |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | > I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. Laughable. This strikes me as no different than a hitman complaining that his employers don't value human life. > *I can't believe those l... | Dude, I had a student turn into me *my own* lab report from the year prior It's in everyone's best interests to just assume the students are cheating |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | > I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. Laughable. This strikes me as no different than a hitman complaining that his employers don't value human life. > *I can't believe those l... | The thing I can't help but wonder when people cheat like that is, what's going to happen for them once they're in a job? I've found that almost everything I remember writing about has ended up being useful in my career at some point; what do people do when they don't have that well of research and writing experience to... |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | > I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. Laughable. This strikes me as no different than a hitman complaining that his employers don't value human life. > *I can't believe those l... | I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes. |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | > I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. Laughable. This strikes me as no different than a hitman complaining that his employers don't value human life. > *I can't believe those l... | This makes me really really mad because I spend hours stressing and working on my papers. And if there are students who get good grades because someone else writes the papers for them? How is a company like that legal? |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | Dude, I had a student turn into me *my own* lab report from the year prior It's in everyone's best interests to just assume the students are cheating | The thing I can't help but wonder when people cheat like that is, what's going to happen for them once they're in a job? I've found that almost everything I remember writing about has ended up being useful in my career at some point; what do people do when they don't have that well of research and writing experience to... |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | Dude, I had a student turn into me *my own* lab report from the year prior It's in everyone's best interests to just assume the students are cheating | I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes. |
Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and i... | The thing I can't help but wonder when people cheat like that is, what's going to happen for them once they're in a job? I've found that almost everything I remember writing about has ended up being useful in my career at some point; what do people do when they don't have that well of research and writing experience to... | I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes. |
How do you regain your passion for a subject after a stressful grad school experience? I am fortunate to have a full time teaching job in my field after earning my Masters. The trouble is I had some bad experiences with my PI and my whole thesis experience being very stressful and not getting the support he promised wh... | I imagine the best thing to do is to first determine what is the reason that thinking about a new project makes you feel stressed out and avoidant. Is it fear that you will fail? Concerns that others will judge you? Worried about getting attached to something that you won’t be able to finish? Or that you won’t have tim... | Sounds like what you really need is motivation to actually do the learning. One avenue may be to improve course materials. |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | My PhD advisor always said "It doesn't have to be good, it just has to be done." Even in a normal year, theses and dissertations are terrible writing. They're a bizarre genre that doesn't easily map to... anything else really. So yes, the pandemic has likely made this worse, but it is also increasing your anxiety a... | I worry about that but it's not because of the pandemic. |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | My PhD advisor always said "It doesn't have to be good, it just has to be done." Even in a normal year, theses and dissertations are terrible writing. They're a bizarre genre that doesn't easily map to... anything else really. So yes, the pandemic has likely made this worse, but it is also increasing your anxiety a... | I lost basically an entire year reshuffling to figure out how to make a 180° shift in plans. My advisors helped me think about how to successfully navigate the process but it was mentally and emotionally taxing beyond anything I expected. And, yes, my thesis too will be pretty rough. But it's just gonna be FINISHED, th... |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | My PhD advisor always said "It doesn't have to be good, it just has to be done." Even in a normal year, theses and dissertations are terrible writing. They're a bizarre genre that doesn't easily map to... anything else really. So yes, the pandemic has likely made this worse, but it is also increasing your anxiety a... | I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on. Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are rea... |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | The dissertation is, in most cases, not exactly a masterful contribution to scholarship. All it does is prove that you understand the general rules of producing a piece of academic work and have the wherewithal to do the research and write up/interpret your findings in the format dictated by your discipline. I saw thi... | I lost basically an entire year reshuffling to figure out how to make a 180° shift in plans. My advisors helped me think about how to successfully navigate the process but it was mentally and emotionally taxing beyond anything I expected. And, yes, my thesis too will be pretty rough. But it's just gonna be FINISHED, th... |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | The dissertation is, in most cases, not exactly a masterful contribution to scholarship. All it does is prove that you understand the general rules of producing a piece of academic work and have the wherewithal to do the research and write up/interpret your findings in the format dictated by your discipline. I saw thi... | I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on. Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are rea... |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | The dissertation is, in most cases, not exactly a masterful contribution to scholarship. All it does is prove that you understand the general rules of producing a piece of academic work and have the wherewithal to do the research and write up/interpret your findings in the format dictated by your discipline. I saw thi... | I just keep telling myself that a good dissertation is a finished dissertation. |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | I lost basically an entire year reshuffling to figure out how to make a 180° shift in plans. My advisors helped me think about how to successfully navigate the process but it was mentally and emotionally taxing beyond anything I expected. And, yes, my thesis too will be pretty rough. But it's just gonna be FINISHED, th... | I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on. Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are rea... |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | A finished thesis is a good thesis. I mainly remind myself of that and of the fact that 6 people will ever read the thing. | I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on. Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are rea... |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | A finished thesis is a good thesis. I mainly remind myself of that and of the fact that 6 people will ever read the thing. | I just keep telling myself that a good dissertation is a finished dissertation. |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | Oi cara, eu estou numa situação parecida, vou terminar o meu doutorado com bolsa do México. O mais importante é terminar se puder, e eu acho que você pode, mesmo se tiver que se arranjar de outro jeito e mesmo se a qualidade do seu trabalho não será ótima. Não se atrase não, termine enquanto puder, procure ajuda do seu... | As I read through your first paragraph I thought "jeez, so much like Brazil, where is this guy fro.. Oh there you go" Brazilian here 💔 |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | As I read through your first paragraph I thought "jeez, so much like Brazil, where is this guy fro.. Oh there you go" Brazilian here 💔 | I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on. Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are rea... |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | Oi cara, eu estou numa situação parecida, vou terminar o meu doutorado com bolsa do México. O mais importante é terminar se puder, e eu acho que você pode, mesmo se tiver que se arranjar de outro jeito e mesmo se a qualidade do seu trabalho não será ótima. Não se atrase não, termine enquanto puder, procure ajuda do seu... | I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on. Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are rea... |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | Oi cara, eu estou numa situação parecida, vou terminar o meu doutorado com bolsa do México. O mais importante é terminar se puder, e eu acho que você pode, mesmo se tiver que se arranjar de outro jeito e mesmo se a qualidade do seu trabalho não será ótima. Não se atrase não, termine enquanto puder, procure ajuda do seu... | I’ve had this conversation with my advisor a few times, and luckily he wasn’t satisfied with his dissertation either. Mine’s... not gonna win any prizes, partly due to the pandemic and partly due to just life. But it will be done. That’s the goal. It’s not the be all to end all, it’s a hurdle you have to pass to get to... |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | I just keep telling myself that a good dissertation is a finished dissertation. | I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on. Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are rea... |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | To be honest when you started I thought you are from India because we are facing the exact same situation. We are in the middle of 2nd wave and everything is closed. I am a firsr year master's student, I haven't visited my lab even once in this 1 year due to lockdown and haven't received my scholarship either. I feel... | I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on. Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are rea... |
How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of ... | I’ve had this conversation with my advisor a few times, and luckily he wasn’t satisfied with his dissertation either. Mine’s... not gonna win any prizes, partly due to the pandemic and partly due to just life. But it will be done. That’s the goal. It’s not the be all to end all, it’s a hurdle you have to pass to get to... | I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on. Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are rea... |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | ECR here too. Your boss is right, classic imposter syndrome. Not to discourage you, but it may never go away, so you gotta embrace it and learn how to deal with it. You'll always be in a point in your career where you know enough of your topic that you know how complicated it is, and how little you know about it. The g... | how do you know your paper have no value to contribute? even for your own self improvement in terms of writing, etc. Most good writer I know they didn't expect any values, at all. They let the readers determine that, and just let go after it publishes. |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | ECR here too. Your boss is right, classic imposter syndrome. Not to discourage you, but it may never go away, so you gotta embrace it and learn how to deal with it. You'll always be in a point in your career where you know enough of your topic that you know how complicated it is, and how little you know about it. The g... | Be kind to yourself and learn how to trust yourself. |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | ECR here too. Your boss is right, classic imposter syndrome. Not to discourage you, but it may never go away, so you gotta embrace it and learn how to deal with it. You'll always be in a point in your career where you know enough of your topic that you know how complicated it is, and how little you know about it. The g... | If you're stuck on one section, especially the introduction, switch to another. It's sometimes easier to revise a less central part of the paper, and that can help break up a block. Regarding the imposter syndrome, so many people experience the same feelings. If you're concerned in particular about your paper having v... |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | how do you know your paper have no value to contribute? even for your own self improvement in terms of writing, etc. Most good writer I know they didn't expect any values, at all. They let the readers determine that, and just let go after it publishes. | Be kind to yourself and learn how to trust yourself. |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | Stop trying to write something valuable and just write what you know. Outline some basic questions about your topic (for the sections you still need) and then answer them. I guarantee you know more than you think you do and it's more valuable than you think it is. And, this may be contrary to a lot of feel good advic... | Be kind to yourself and learn how to trust yourself. |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | Stop trying to write something valuable and just write what you know. Outline some basic questions about your topic (for the sections you still need) and then answer them. I guarantee you know more than you think you do and it's more valuable than you think it is. And, this may be contrary to a lot of feel good advic... | If you're stuck on one section, especially the introduction, switch to another. It's sometimes easier to revise a less central part of the paper, and that can help break up a block. Regarding the imposter syndrome, so many people experience the same feelings. If you're concerned in particular about your paper having v... |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | Stop trying to write something valuable and just write what you know. Outline some basic questions about your topic (for the sections you still need) and then answer them. I guarantee you know more than you think you do and it's more valuable than you think it is. And, this may be contrary to a lot of feel good advic... | I agree with what everyone else said, but on a more technical note: this is when something like the pomodoro technique can be really helpful. Set yourself a 30 minute timer every day and work on your paper. If you don’t get much done in that time, no worries. If you want to keep working when the timer goes off, grea... |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | Stop trying to write something valuable and just write what you know. Outline some basic questions about your topic (for the sections you still need) and then answer them. I guarantee you know more than you think you do and it's more valuable than you think it is. And, this may be contrary to a lot of feel good advic... | Write an outline. Hit each point you are trying to make with one sentence describing the point, and the result that supports it. Add a second sentence with an interpretation. This is now your outline - each point is a paragraph. Add text in between the two sentences to explain and develop your points. Every time I ... |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | Stop trying to write something valuable and just write what you know. Outline some basic questions about your topic (for the sections you still need) and then answer them. I guarantee you know more than you think you do and it's more valuable than you think it is. And, this may be contrary to a lot of feel good advic... | Having "obvious" results most likely means you had a well designed experiment and some solid data. You're not teasing apart meaning at every step, data mining to find something significant, and forcing your data into whatever narrative you want to have. Clear, concise results are like the holy grail in science. Also, ... |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | Stop trying to write something valuable and just write what you know. Outline some basic questions about your topic (for the sections you still need) and then answer them. I guarantee you know more than you think you do and it's more valuable than you think it is. And, this may be contrary to a lot of feel good advic... | I've felt the same way! When I submitted my first paper, I sat on my figures/draft for quite some time before moving forward because I kept on trying to add experiments/complexity (it seemed too simplistic to me). I think I realized that this was mainly because I had been working on the experiments/paper for over a yea... |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | Instead of focusing on your own work and its limitations, focus on the limitations of previous research in the field. What can you add? What "gaps in the literature" motivated you to start this project? There are many good comments already here, but I don't see any that points you back to your original motivations, th... | Be kind to yourself and learn how to trust yourself. |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | Instead of focusing on your own work and its limitations, focus on the limitations of previous research in the field. What can you add? What "gaps in the literature" motivated you to start this project? There are many good comments already here, but I don't see any that points you back to your original motivations, th... | If you're stuck on one section, especially the introduction, switch to another. It's sometimes easier to revise a less central part of the paper, and that can help break up a block. Regarding the imposter syndrome, so many people experience the same feelings. If you're concerned in particular about your paper having v... |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | Instead of focusing on your own work and its limitations, focus on the limitations of previous research in the field. What can you add? What "gaps in the literature" motivated you to start this project? There are many good comments already here, but I don't see any that points you back to your original motivations, th... | I agree with what everyone else said, but on a more technical note: this is when something like the pomodoro technique can be really helpful. Set yourself a 30 minute timer every day and work on your paper. If you don’t get much done in that time, no worries. If you want to keep working when the timer goes off, grea... |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | Instead of focusing on your own work and its limitations, focus on the limitations of previous research in the field. What can you add? What "gaps in the literature" motivated you to start this project? There are many good comments already here, but I don't see any that points you back to your original motivations, th... | Write an outline. Hit each point you are trying to make with one sentence describing the point, and the result that supports it. Add a second sentence with an interpretation. This is now your outline - each point is a paragraph. Add text in between the two sentences to explain and develop your points. Every time I ... |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | Instead of focusing on your own work and its limitations, focus on the limitations of previous research in the field. What can you add? What "gaps in the literature" motivated you to start this project? There are many good comments already here, but I don't see any that points you back to your original motivations, th... | Having "obvious" results most likely means you had a well designed experiment and some solid data. You're not teasing apart meaning at every step, data mining to find something significant, and forcing your data into whatever narrative you want to have. Clear, concise results are like the holy grail in science. Also, ... |
Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author. I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures. For the last month or so I’m sitt... | Instead of focusing on your own work and its limitations, focus on the limitations of previous research in the field. What can you add? What "gaps in the literature" motivated you to start this project? There are many good comments already here, but I don't see any that points you back to your original motivations, th... | I've felt the same way! When I submitted my first paper, I sat on my figures/draft for quite some time before moving forward because I kept on trying to add experiments/complexity (it seemed too simplistic to me). I think I realized that this was mainly because I had been working on the experiments/paper for over a yea... |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | "Fix the typos - there are several superscripted comas in text" Those were plural Saxon genitives ("samples' surfaces" and so on). | Reviewer (for top 3 journal in my field): manuscript would be much better if they had a general theorem rather than only specific examples. Manuscript: Section 4. A General Theorem, Section 5. Specific Examples (easiest) Revision (ever): Thanks to the reviewer for their thoughtful comment. In the revision, Section ... |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | "Fix the typos - there are several superscripted comas in text" Those were plural Saxon genitives ("samples' surfaces" and so on). | From the editor: “Used is shorter than implemented.” Yes, thank you. I’m fully aware of that. This was in round 3 of several revisions to please never ending pedantic comments from the editor |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | My first publication. In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well... | Reviewer (for top 3 journal in my field): manuscript would be much better if they had a general theorem rather than only specific examples. Manuscript: Section 4. A General Theorem, Section 5. Specific Examples (easiest) Revision (ever): Thanks to the reviewer for their thoughtful comment. In the revision, Section ... |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | My first publication. In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well... | From the editor: “Used is shorter than implemented.” Yes, thank you. I’m fully aware of that. This was in round 3 of several revisions to please never ending pedantic comments from the editor |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | My first publication. In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well... | Got very constructive feedback for a paper that was definitely not my paper. Key clues include: wrong title, theory, and methods. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | My first publication. In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well... | The most hilarious review I got was a long list of legitimate typos they had found in my paper... I laughed by myself that night at my own writing. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | My first publication. In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well... | Someone once told me that my writing was flamboyant, ... as if that is some kind of bad thing. It was, of course, reviewer 2. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | My first publication. In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well... | "please explain how to interpret an odds ratio as part of your methods", in a journal which regularly publishes logistic regression models, for our binary exposure variable. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | My first publication. In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well... | Two positive reviews followed by “this paper includes no new data, rehash of decades of work”. Funnily enough the editor agreed they were an idiot and didn’t send them the revised manuscript to review. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | My first publication. In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well... | "The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper". |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | Reviewer (for top 3 journal in my field): manuscript would be much better if they had a general theorem rather than only specific examples. Manuscript: Section 4. A General Theorem, Section 5. Specific Examples (easiest) Revision (ever): Thanks to the reviewer for their thoughtful comment. In the revision, Section ... | From the editor: “Used is shorter than implemented.” Yes, thank you. I’m fully aware of that. This was in round 3 of several revisions to please never ending pedantic comments from the editor |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | Got very constructive feedback for a paper that was definitely not my paper. Key clues include: wrong title, theory, and methods. | The most hilarious review I got was a long list of legitimate typos they had found in my paper... I laughed by myself that night at my own writing. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | Got very constructive feedback for a paper that was definitely not my paper. Key clues include: wrong title, theory, and methods. | Someone once told me that my writing was flamboyant, ... as if that is some kind of bad thing. It was, of course, reviewer 2. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | Got very constructive feedback for a paper that was definitely not my paper. Key clues include: wrong title, theory, and methods. | "please explain how to interpret an odds ratio as part of your methods", in a journal which regularly publishes logistic regression models, for our binary exposure variable. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | Got very constructive feedback for a paper that was definitely not my paper. Key clues include: wrong title, theory, and methods. | Two positive reviews followed by “this paper includes no new data, rehash of decades of work”. Funnily enough the editor agreed they were an idiot and didn’t send them the revised manuscript to review. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | Got very constructive feedback for a paper that was definitely not my paper. Key clues include: wrong title, theory, and methods. | "The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper". |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | The most hilarious review I got was a long list of legitimate typos they had found in my paper... I laughed by myself that night at my own writing. | Someone once told me that my writing was flamboyant, ... as if that is some kind of bad thing. It was, of course, reviewer 2. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | The most hilarious review I got was a long list of legitimate typos they had found in my paper... I laughed by myself that night at my own writing. | "please explain how to interpret an odds ratio as part of your methods", in a journal which regularly publishes logistic regression models, for our binary exposure variable. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | The most hilarious review I got was a long list of legitimate typos they had found in my paper... I laughed by myself that night at my own writing. | "The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper". |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | Used the phrase data "munging" in a manuscript that went out for review. The review came back and reviewer 2 essentially said 'I didn't know what munging was. I did a search and the first definition that came up was from urban dictionary. Heaven help the person who reads that. I suggest rephrasing this sentence on page... | Someone once told me that my writing was flamboyant, ... as if that is some kind of bad thing. It was, of course, reviewer 2. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | Used the phrase data "munging" in a manuscript that went out for review. The review came back and reviewer 2 essentially said 'I didn't know what munging was. I did a search and the first definition that came up was from urban dictionary. Heaven help the person who reads that. I suggest rephrasing this sentence on page... | "please explain how to interpret an odds ratio as part of your methods", in a journal which regularly publishes logistic regression models, for our binary exposure variable. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | Used the phrase data "munging" in a manuscript that went out for review. The review came back and reviewer 2 essentially said 'I didn't know what munging was. I did a search and the first definition that came up was from urban dictionary. Heaven help the person who reads that. I suggest rephrasing this sentence on page... | Two positive reviews followed by “this paper includes no new data, rehash of decades of work”. Funnily enough the editor agreed they were an idiot and didn’t send them the revised manuscript to review. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | Used the phrase data "munging" in a manuscript that went out for review. The review came back and reviewer 2 essentially said 'I didn't know what munging was. I did a search and the first definition that came up was from urban dictionary. Heaven help the person who reads that. I suggest rephrasing this sentence on page... | To capture labeled NH3, I submerged connecting Teflon tube in a beaker of H2SO4. The reviewer asked if I turned the beaker upside down (inverted it).. This is silly because.. well that just means dumping out the sulfuric onto the lab bench.. Had to carefully craft my response to not sound rude. Gave me a chuckle thou... |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | Used the phrase data "munging" in a manuscript that went out for review. The review came back and reviewer 2 essentially said 'I didn't know what munging was. I did a search and the first definition that came up was from urban dictionary. Heaven help the person who reads that. I suggest rephrasing this sentence on page... | "The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper". |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | "please explain how to interpret an odds ratio as part of your methods", in a journal which regularly publishes logistic regression models, for our binary exposure variable. | "The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper". |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | Two positive reviews followed by “this paper includes no new data, rehash of decades of work”. Funnily enough the editor agreed they were an idiot and didn’t send them the revised manuscript to review. | "The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper". |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | “Reading this made me very upset.” 😢 | For a paper concerning history of medicine: "remove all instances where 'doctor' is used to refer to physicians! PhDs are doctors too!" |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | “Reading this made me very upset.” 😢 | To capture labeled NH3, I submerged connecting Teflon tube in a beaker of H2SO4. The reviewer asked if I turned the beaker upside down (inverted it).. This is silly because.. well that just means dumping out the sulfuric onto the lab bench.. Had to carefully craft my response to not sound rude. Gave me a chuckle thou... |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | “Reading this made me very upset.” 😢 | The editor obviously cut and pasted bits of his standard letters, including sentences accepting my paper and sentences rejecting it. The good news is that when I politely asked for clarification, it turned out the editor meant to accept it. |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | “Reading this made me very upset.” 😢 | "The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper". |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | “Reading this made me very upset.” 😢 | “The authors have yet to disclaim how results from this review will be synthesized”.... well, that’s because scoping reviews do not aim to synthesize data dear Reviewer 2 |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | For a paper concerning history of medicine: "remove all instances where 'doctor' is used to refer to physicians! PhDs are doctors too!" | "The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper". |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | For a paper concerning history of medicine: "remove all instances where 'doctor' is used to refer to physicians! PhDs are doctors too!" | “The authors have yet to disclaim how results from this review will be synthesized”.... well, that’s because scoping reviews do not aim to synthesize data dear Reviewer 2 |
What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of fi... | To capture labeled NH3, I submerged connecting Teflon tube in a beaker of H2SO4. The reviewer asked if I turned the beaker upside down (inverted it).. This is silly because.. well that just means dumping out the sulfuric onto the lab bench.. Had to carefully craft my response to not sound rude. Gave me a chuckle thou... | "The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper". |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.