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eLife is very rigorous, but also very selective. Most submissions don't pass editorial consideration. I've found their reviews much more detailed and technical
by nextos 2y ago
eLife is very rigorous, but also very selective. Most submissions don't pass editorial consideration.
I've found their reviews much more detailed and technical than Nature Medicine or Cell.
- wjb3 2y agoWhen you say that eLife is "very rigorous," could you elaborate on what specific aspects of their review process or criteria you find particularly stringent, and how those compare to the review processes of Nature/Cell?
- nextos 2y agoeLife publishes reviews very prominently within articles, and they ask all reviewers to discuss their assessment after they have evaluated the article. I think this favors deep reviews. In Nature or Cell, I have sometimes seen 2-liners sent to authors as a review, or reviews where the reviewer clearly read the article for just 10 minutes before rushing an opinion. I wish eLife doubled down on this and disclosed the reviewer names after e.g. a 2-year embargo. This would make reviews even better IMHO, more skin in the game.