Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Hmmmm. I feel like these are relatively unimportant points? Certainly they are things that would improve the paper, but they do not undercut the central points imo. 110
Andy Jones @andrewrobertjones.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I think there were lots of problems I didn't list. In any case, rigorous peer review would be good, I think a strategy of attention seeking preprints and never actually publishing is less good... 100
Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I talked to Dr Newman about that - he was desk rejected at a series of demography journals, and then even when he went wider afield reviewers mostly just insulted his work with few if any comments. 100