When reviewing, I love receiving all the reviewers' comments and responses when papers come back after a round of revision. It's fun to try and figure out which reviewer I originally was because god knows I have no idea what I wrote 2 months ago 🧪 - ThreadSky

simonhammann.bsky.social • 3 days ago

When reviewing, I love receiving all the reviewers' comments and responses when papers come back after a round of revision. It's fun to try and figure out which reviewer I originally was because god knows I have no idea what I wrote 2 months ago 🧪

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christophjacob.eu•3 days ago

Pro-Tip: I always start my review with the same sentence / words, which helps to recognize my own review ;-)

simonhammann.bsky.social•3 days ago

"Christoph Jacob reviewed the manuscript entitled..."

christophjacob.eu•3 days ago

Not that obvious. But sometimes (in particular, when I suggest that some of our own work is relevant and should be cited), I sign my review.

chemzymes.bsky.social•3 days ago

Same here. I've signed my reviews a handful of times but those people who have had multiple papers reviewed by me probably recognize me by now...

stripplab.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sincerely,
Patrick Kaspar

simonhammann.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh that's how I sign mine as well!! How funny

shahfa.bsky.social•3 days ago

That is a pro-tip I never thought was officially considered a pro-tip! 🙌🏻 I start all my reports with “The manuscript (insert title) by first author et al… (insert one sentence summary)…” for more or less the same reason.

hohlbeinlab.bsky.social•3 days ago

Same here. We shouldn’t distribute that wisdom any further.

shahfa.bsky.social•3 days ago

Absolutely 🤐🤫

chemzymes.bsky.social•3 days ago

Honestly, that's pretty much what I do, just with different words. From the first four (or so) sentences, I can easily tell if I've written that.

That said, there are *always* other dead giveaway signs across a review that it was me.