[Womeninmedicine] peer reviewer tells female researchers their study needs a male author...

[Halder, Indrani]

sorry... meant to send previous email only to Ora.

But I did read the piece and balked at it all the way. Reconfirm that this is one reason why we need non-anonymous reviews. Providing appropriate critiques is necessary for good scientific practice. That said, reviewers are human after all and humans can be petty at times, to the extent of being extremely unprofessional. Critiques and comments can be strong and harsh if there is a scientific reason for doing so, but need to be offered in a professional manner.  While critiquing our own coauthored papers or doing internal reviews we are expected to be professional...so why cant I expect the same from an anonymous reviewer.

Perhaps, in addition to scientific training, all scientists should get some training in basic communication practices!

Indrani

Indrani Halder PhD.
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics
University of Pittsburgh
Scaife Hall S-623
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
PH: 412 383 9830

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From: Womeninmedicine [womeninmedicine-bounces at list.pitt.edu] on behalf of Halder, Indrani [halderi at upmc.edu]
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 12:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [Womeninmedicine] peer reviewer tells female researchers their study needs a male author...

HOLY COW!!!!! I am not even going to read the link. This is why we should not have anonymous reviewers.

Indrani Halder PhD.
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics
University of Pittsburgh
Scaife Hall S-623
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
PH: 412 383 9830
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From: Womeninmedicine [womeninmedicine-bounces at list.pitt.edu] on behalf of Weisz, Ora Anna [weisz at pitt.edu]
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 12:18 PM
To: womeninmedicine at list.pitt.edu
Subject: [Womeninmedicine] peer reviewer tells female researchers their study needs a male author...

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/sexist-peer-review-causes-storm-online/2020001.article

An anonymous peer reviewer suggests that the paper, written by two female researchers, should include at least one male author to make sure that the data were interpreted correctly…
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