Answer by Dilworth for Is it fair that a PhD student should be allowed to...
Your question is simply ambiguous. You ask:why an inexperienced PhD student should be allowed to review a research article?This can be read as one of the following two different questions: "Why an...
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You are asking:Is it fair that a PhD student should be allowed to review a research paper? Yes:It should be checked that a paper is written in a clear enough way that anyone with a reasonable...
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Why isn't there a standard method at Journals for reviewing reviewers?There are some standard methods at some journals (e. g. keeping track of response time and such) and also there are the editors who...
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The assignment of referees to an article is not a random process where a computer draws a random number and matches it to "active researcher X" in the community. At least in my field the editors play a...
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The title and body of your question are asking different things. The title asks whether it's fair for PhD students to review research papers, which I think is certainly the case.The alternative would...
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Of course it is great practice for the student (critical reading improves writing as other pointed out).But it is also fair for the authors of the paper. In general PhD students, specially towards the...
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Yes, it is fair. The quality of reviews written by highly experienced researchers is low.Many manuscripts have obvious flaws that should be spotted by the inexperienced.Reviewers are (in theory)...
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In many disciplines of science, asking Ph.D. students to review papers is considered to be fair by the community. I can only speak for computer science here, but the following arguments may apply in...
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I really can't understand why an inexperienced PhD student should be allowed to review a research article written by researchers of considerably more experience and expertise. How do journals/editors...
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