Posted by:
RSNewton
at Fri Sep 26 11:50:35 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RSNewton ]
Perhaps the roadblocks you encountered in the submission of your paper for publication is part of the reason some people have so much faith, even approaching blind faith, in this process. Some people seem to think that taxonomic proposals that have made it past the spigot at the end of the peer review process must have merit and should be blindly followed. After reviewing some of the taxonomic papers published on the ratsnakes, the rubber boa and the sagebrush lizard, I can definitely say that nothing can be further from the truth. Each published proposal must be individually scrutinized before it is accepted. Conversely, many of the papers that are rejected (often for reasons other than scienfitic merit) may in fact be informative. I submit that those people who follow the lead of those who automatically endorse new taxonomic proposals because these papers have survived the peer review process are excellent examples of the blind following the blind.
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- For Mr.Hoser - steno, Mon Aug 25 16:03:11 2003
- C. viridis subsp. - rayhoser, Tue Aug 26 00:32:14 2003
- Thanks....NP - steno, Tue Aug 26 08:57:42 2003
- RE: C. viridis subsp. - richardwells, Tue Sep 2 05:49:21 2003
- LOL! - paalexan, Tue Sep 2 18:34:12 2003
- RE: LOL! - richardwells, Wed Sep 3 08:20:27 2003
- RE: LOL! - RichardFHoyer, Wed Sep 3 23:16:34 2003
- RE: LOL! - paalexan, Thu Sep 4 18:36:35 2003
- RE: LOL! - RichardFHoyer, Thu Sep 4 23:39:32 2003
- RE: LOL! - paalexan, Fri Sep 5 15:55:27 2003
 RE: LOL! - RSNewton, Fri Sep 26 11:50:35 2003
- RE: LOL! - RichardFHoyer, Fri Sep 26 13:27:47 2003
- RE: LOL! - paalexan, Thu Sep 4 18:52:03 2003
- Richard.... - Scott Eipper, Thu Sep 11 05:07:27 2003
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