[Corpora-List] reviewing quality

[Michael Zock]

Hi Diana,

splendid idea!!! Thanks for sharing it.


All the best

Michael
> I reviewed for a conference this year (I forget which one it was) 
> which published a list of "best reviewers" on their website 
> afterwards, i.e. those reviewers who had put effort into constructive 
> and meaningful reviews, rather than the "poor English, lack of 
> references" type of review. They announced this in advance of the 
> reviewing period so that people would make more effort, though I have 
> no idea how successful it actually was in this respect. I think it was 
> a nice idea though, which could be  propagated more widely (and better 
> to acknowledge good reviewers rather than make a "hitlist" of poor 
> reviewers).
> Diana
>
>
>> True, there are many people who make a real effort to be useful, but
>> there is also amazingly large proportion of reviewers who do not spend
>> the time it takes to read carefully a paper and to provide the feedback
>> that authors deserve, feedback on which decisions are made. You'd be
>> surprised about the kind of reviews I've gotten as organizer of
>> conferences and workshops, and the same holds for other conferences,
>> including major ones where we can see the comments made by our
>> colleages. Sometimes it's really a shame.
>
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