I'm reviewing a paper for the first time. One of the instructions is a tad dramatic for my liking :
7. If qualified historians wish to use your report, we will ask you or your heirs. If you wish us to destroy your report, then please inform us.
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Happy to let qualified historians use my report. My heirs belong to a little-known cult of irritable ninjas so any unqualified users will be summarily executed.
ReplyDeletePS: My standards for qualification are secret and proprietary.
Which journal is that?
ReplyDeleteI had a request to referee a paper last week, giving me the opportunity to tell the editor "I'm busy preparing to be hit by a Category 5 hurricane". They accepted this as a valid excuse!
ApJ. Be sure to name your heirs before the next hurricane hits... :P
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Same journal I just turned down…
ReplyDeleteThis is all your fault, Minchin ! :P
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