Interestingly, a few years ago Nature planned to include statisticians... > as consultants on the rare papers in which there are serious issues about the stati

Interestingly, a few years ago Nature planned to include statisticians... > as consultants on the rare papers in which there are serious issues about the statistical techniques used, at the editor's discretion and based on the referees' suggestions. I think the crux is that editors already have enough trouble finding reviewers, and see getting a statistician as often unreasonable. It's too bad, because the nature of statistical issues is that people tend to be unaware of them until a statistician (used broadly) points them out.