Getting more than nits from reviews?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Susan Hogarth wondered: <<I recently sent a rough draft around to a  
bunch of SMEs looking for substantive input, and they wasted their  
precious (and expensive) time copyediting it, while making no  
substantive contributions. I didn't know whether to be more  
humiliated or aggravated.>>

I've found (in many contexts) that manuscripts should be copyedited  
_before_ being sent to reviewers. If there are no copyedits for  
reviewers to perform, they have no choice but to focus on the  
content. For a great many other thoughts on effective reviews, visit  
the Resources page of my Web site, follow the bibliography link, and  
search the page for the word "review". Several articles there that  
have attracted many favorable reviews <g> over the years.


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