Re: jobs and the review process

Matthew Hill (mhill@WATARTS.UWATERLOO.CA)
Fri, 10 Jun 1994 13:47:27 -0400

On Fri, 10 Jun 1994, wilkr wrote:

> On the delay in reviewing papers -
>
> I am GUILTY! I have a paper on a chair in my office that arrived two
> weeks ago, and it will be at least two or three months before I look at
> it. Why? Well - for me this is a day's work. I am trying to meet about
DELETIONS
> general sense of good-will towards the profession. I do.
them. I do them
> faster than most of my colleagues. I do a lot of them.
But they get > dropped on you with no regard to your schedule. Please be
understanding. > > Rick W ilk
>

Sorry Rick, I don't buy that. If you had any idea that you could not
do it promptly you owed it to the author, the editor and the system to
send it back promptly saying you were honoured but hadn't the time.

Matthew Hill MHILL@WATARTS.UWATERLOO.CA