Ridiculous shit I actually say

HAHAHHHA. I am so full of myself  today 
I actually said this 

It’s like cult rescue though. You don’t try to rehab the head, you try to get the innocents out b4 the FlavorAde is poured

(Yes, it was a discussion of Glamour culture of science. As if you couldn’t guess.)

Representative Images

New rule: Claims of a “representative” image should have to be supported by submission of 2 better ones that were not included.

It works like this.

Line up your 9 images that were quantified for the real analysis of the outcome. In the order by which they appear to follow your desired interpretation of the mean effect.

Your “representative” image is #5. So you should have to prove your claim to have presented a representative image in peer review by providing #8 and #9.

My prediction is that the population of published image data would get a lot uglier, less “clear” and would more accurately reflect reality.

Is the fact you reviewed this manuscript before confidential?

Interesting comment from AnonNeuro:

Reviews are confidential, so I don’t think you can share that information. Saying “I’ll review it again” is the same as saying “I have insider knowledge that this paper was rejected elsewhere”. Better to decline the review due to conflict.

I don’t think I’ve ever followed this as a rule. I have definitely told editors when the manuscript has not been revised from a previously critiqued version in the past (I don’t say which journal had rejected the authors’ work). But I can’t say that I invariably mention it either. If the manuscript had been revised somewhat, why bother. If I like it and want to see it published, mentioning I’ve seen a prior version elsewhere seems counterproductive.

This comment had me pondering my lack of a clear policy.

Maybe we should tell the editor upon accepting the review assignment so that they can decide if they still want our input?