Byrd Wrote:
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> JonnyMcA Wrote:
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> > Indeed, Mike did submit it for review to a
> number
> > of journals, but I think it got turned away
> by the
> > editors before it reached the peer review
> stage.
> > In many regards, by releasing it to the
> internet,
> > it does at least get some form of critical
> > review.
>
> Having been through the "get paper to journal"
> process, I would say that being rejected by the
> editors is indeed a form of peer review. In this
> case, it suggests that the data is so obviously
> weak when examined that it doesn't hold up enough
> to pass along to someone more expert in the
> field.
>
>
> -- Byrd
> Moderator, Hall of Ma'at

That is my experience as well.

Bernard