"Whilst the manuscript might not make it into {journal}, I do hope by some chance it makes it onto your refrigerator, a notice board, an email, somewhere children might be able to discuss it but most importantly I hope it creates conversation and thought."

What can I say? It did make onto my fridge, and it certainly created a lot (of very awkward) conversation. Why bring kids into this though, I don't know.

#OverlyHonestEditor #SentimentalFriday

Such a mood...

#PoorlyDrawnLines #OverlyHonestEditor #EditorialWarStories

Cat is outsourcing its #editorial work to a machine... #EditorInDisguise #OverlyHonestEditor

What can I say, it does a really good job! Now onto checking how it frames rejection letters.

#ScientificPublishing #PeerReview

Cat ponders on the silliness of #journals struggling to come up with policies to prevent chatbots from being named authors on papers, even though current rules around #authorship criteria already cover it enough (AI cannot take responsibility for content, is as simple as that).

Here is what ChatGPT thinks.

Funnily enough based on this pretty decent definition, many human people should not be listed as authors either.

#OverlyHonestEditor #ScientificPublishing #PublicationEthics

Cat went to a work function and discovered that being anonymous rarely means being anonymous.

Too many "so are you that overly honest cat" questions...

#OverlyHonestEditor #EditorInDisguise

If you liked the idea of Ts as error bars, you will love *that*:

https://mival.netlify.app/blog/2023/01/introducing-geom_terrorbar/

#OverlyHonestEditor #retraction #PeerReview

So the paper with letter T instead of error bars got #retracted earlier in December:
https://retractionwatch.com/2022/12/22/that-paper-with-the-t-error-bars-was-just-retracted/

Thinking of this I came to realisation that I'm never going back into #academia (would not actually be that surprising for a professional #editor to go back, happens a lot). The reason?

Because I couldn't stop thinking that I would've done it better #OverlyHonestEditor

Which is also to say: don't try to trick me. I know where all the bodies are buried.

So the paper with letter T instead of error bars got retracted earlier in December:
https://retractionwatch.com/2022/12/22/that-paper-with-the-t-error-bars-was-just-retracted/

Thinking of this I came to realisation that I'm never going back into academia (would not actually be that surprising for a professional editor to go back, happens a lot). The reason?

Because I couldn't stop thinking that I would've done it better #OverlyHonestEditor

Which is also to say: don't try to trick me. I know where all the bodies are buried.

#AcademicChatter

I remain perpetually perplexed about the fact that #academics - you know, people who think they are logical and objective and stuff - when it comes to judging others almost always assume the worst as a starting point.

I mean, forget Hanlon's razor. Even competent people make #errors sometimes. Does not make them bad, mean, nor malicious. #OverlyHonestEditor

Happy Sunday (don't check your emails).

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#OverlyHonestEditor

I will be reposting some old - but never aging - content with #EditorialWisdom tag. Here is the first ever birdpoop, coming at you again:

No, Dr X is not Reviewer #2. Reviewer #2, who hates your work's guts, is actually Prof Y whom you suggested because they told you politely at the conference they find your work "interesting"

#OverlyHonestEditor

I guess I should do an #Introduction too, then.

I'm a professional editor who may or may not be working for #BigPublishing, and who definitely is expressing all #editorial opinions publishers don't like to hear.

Strong feelings on #OpenScience & #ResearchIntegrity, nuanced opinions on editorial work.

Often tooting with #OverlyHonestEditor and related hashtags.

I guess I will need to make #OverlyHonestEditor a thing here too.