Why does manuscript submission in 2023 still feel like 1983??

I just submitted a ms to @ISMEmicrobes @springernature only to get a reply two days later that they insist that the figures will not be part of the text.

I don't know a single reviewer who prefers flipping pages back and forth while reading a ms.

All this stems from the time scientists would use a typewriter for the text and a mm paper for the figures. Why are we putting up with this?? 😠

#rant #peer_review #scicomm

A friend of mine was asked to #peer_review a paper for a journal and asked me what I found useful, having gone through some recently. I'm curious what others find useful, but I have 3 that I have learned are most useful to me: 1/

Small milestone but highly appreciated and massively satisfying!

Recieved recognition as #reviewer2 for a great article coming soon in Sexual Medicine Reviews.

My first #peer_review

Great read on #peer_review indeed:

https://mastodon.social/@JulianHamann1/109352940542088644

RT @ejsmdubois
Dans le cadre du projet @AgenceRecherche #SKEPTISCIENCE consacré aux transformations contemporaines du contrôle par les pairs #peer_review @gemass_socio recrute un·e postdoctorant·e en sociologie des sciences (localisation, Paris 17e arr) https://twitter.com/EmploiCNRS/status/1468538534638280707

Andy is brilliant (as usual)
#publication #science #peer_review
🔗 https://twitter.com/AndyDHigginson/status/1045576503067639810

#OpenScience: I had the opportunity to work as recommender for #PCI_ecology, the new initiative for free and fully transparent #peer_review in #ecology. I greatly appreciated the experience. #Science #publication is on the verge of a new era. #PeerCommunityIn
📄 Dechaume-Moncharmont (2018) Optimal foraging in a changing world: old questions, new perspectives. Peer Community in Ecology, 100005. https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.ecology.100005