Buzz·Posted on 16 Aug 201619 Things You'll Get If You've Been Through Peer Review"The caffeine molecule is responsible for all that is good in this manuscript."by Kelly OakesBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. When reviewers just can't agree on anything. Marie Auger-Méthé @AugerMethe Reviews... Me: Here is a faster horse R1: You should have used my donkey R2: This is not a horse, it's a mule R3: I want a unicorn! 06:53 PM - 06 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 2. Ever. Shit Academics Say @AcademicsSay 3 reviewers walk into a bar. #1 took a few shots then lost interest, #3 couldn't decide on a draft, #2 set the bar on fire to watch it burn. 04:20 PM - 28 Jul 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 3. When you submit a paper and it doesn't feel as monumental as you hoped. View this post on 4. When you're sick of jumping through bureaucratic hurdles. Academia Obscura @AcademiaObscura Cover letters are essential. Sort of. Or probably not. 07:00 AM - 30 Jul 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 5. When something goes horribly wrong. rogier kievit @rogierK Take your publishing sob stories and tell them to the first author of this paper https://t.co/kuBRSOmM10 08:22 PM - 01 Oct 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 6. When you feel like giving up, but you persevere. Academia Obscura @AcademiaObscura If at first you don't succeed, try submitting to a different journal. 03:04 PM - 06 Jul 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 7. When reviewer #3 admits what you knew all along. 8. But you know they wouldn't have the guts to say it to your face. Sylvain Deville @DevilleSy Reviewer 3 hiding behind the editor and waiting for the right moment to deliver his killing review. 09:56 AM - 04 Mar 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 9. When the words just won't come. Brian Wansink @BrianWansink Here's the definitive research on writer's block. @raulpacheco #PublishOrPerish 02:17 PM - 02 Aug 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 10. When you decide to be completely honest about what influenced your paper. 11. And why certain things might be lacking from your work. Melissa WilsonSayres @mwilsonsayres #overlyhonestmethods -H. Frankfurt 07:53 PM - 21 Feb 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 12. And then something extremely rare happens: a reviewer is a bit too honest about their own methods. View this post on 13. When revisions start feeling a little petty. View this photo on Instagram 14. When you realise you'll never live up to this author affiliation so you might as well give up. William D. Adler @williamadler78 That author affiliation will never be topped. h/t @Neuteufel 09:13 PM - 11 Jul 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 15. When you've had enough. View this photo on Instagram 16. When you're reviewing someone else's paper and the methods section is a little sparse. Marc Maxson @marcmaxson What the methods section of many papers look like @DesignUXUI #overlyhonestmethods 06:04 PM - 22 May 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 17. When you can't get out of the peer review mindset. 18. When you accidentally leave something in a paper draft that shouldn't be there. 😬 Krystalle Diaz @Krystallogenics #overlyhonestmethods HOW did this get through? HOW? (from @davidjayharris) http://t.co/td2s8hutkd 04:10 AM - 11 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 19. When peer review parallels life. Shit Academics Say @AcademicsSay Deep down, academics want the same thing as everyone else: acceptance, with minor revisions. 11:59 PM - 12 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite