I wouldn't like to be on the receiving end. It would probably make me cry. And I remember seeing a postgrad harshly criticised at a conference, where there could have been a much more gentle approach adopted. On the other hand, when I wrote something for publication that was then rejected (and rightly so) I got angry and wrote a much better article as a result.
But I don't think that, as a reviewer, your responsibility is to the author. It's to the potential purchasers/readers and to...I don't know...the discourse?
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Date: 2008-10-28 08:27 am (UTC)I wouldn't like to be on the receiving end. It would probably make me cry. And I remember seeing a postgrad harshly criticised at a conference, where there could have been a much more gentle approach adopted. On the other hand, when I wrote something for publication that was then rejected (and rightly so) I got angry and wrote a much better article as a result.
But I don't think that, as a reviewer, your responsibility is to the author. It's to the potential purchasers/readers and to...I don't know...the discourse?
Not that I envy you, of course.