Am 17.09.2014 19:52, schrieb Jos Bergervoet:
On 9/17/2014 5:25 AM, Homo Lykos wrote:
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With one exception the editors make only claims without reasons.

That is allowed, they are supposed to know their job

If you make scientific decisions by authoritys (popes): yes

if you make scintific decisions by arguments (Galilei, Kepler, ...): no

(why else would you submit to the journal if you don't trust its scientific standards?)

e.g.: Without publication a serious discussion and independent check of
(really) new ideas is mostly not possible.


The first one already writes "unclear if this effect
has been cherry-picked to lead to the results" so he
seems to question your method.

it's a good question, but without any further hint.

It's up to the author to improve his article.
Reviewers do not have to help him to improve
his work.

Good reviewers do it to the general adventage of science.