How to avoid annoying a referee

Date

22 October 2010

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It’s not a good idea to annoy the referees of your paper. They make recommendations to the editor about your work and it is best to keep them happy. There is an interesting discussion on stats.stackexchange.com on this subject. This inspired my own list below.

For some applied papers, there are specific statistical issues that need attention:

More tongue-in-cheek advice is provided by Stratton and Neil (2005), “How to ensure your paper is rejected by the statistical reviewer”. Diabetic Medicine, 22(4), 371-373.

Feel free to add your own suggestions over at stats.stackexchange.com.