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My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics) and am Professor in Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics at Stockholm University. Previously, I was a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Before that, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College. I am still a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College.

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Monday, November 05, 2018

Sometimes the Refereeing Process Actually Works :)

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We had a paper just accepted to PRE , and I wanted to show it to someone who I thought may not have seen it. Me: "Yes, we need to upl...

Tuesday, September 04, 2018

Referee Reports for the Watts–Strogatz 'Small World' Paper

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This is a great document! Steve Strogatz posted his referee reports (with annotations for their revision plans) about his genre-defining 1...

Friday, December 08, 2017

Almost 11 Years in Review

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11 years passed between this paper's initial submission and its final acceptance. no word needed... @YourPaperSucks pic.twitter.com/WW...

Tuesday, February 02, 2016

"Mistakes Reviewers Make"

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Here is a useful article about mistakes reviewers make and things to think about when one writes a referee report on a paper. It's good...

Friday, December 12, 2014

Brutally Honest Referee Comments

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Here are some occasionally amusing and often harsh referee comments from submissions to scientific journals. I have been both on the givin...

Wednesday, December 04, 2013

What The Reviewers Say

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Reviewer #2 concludes in his/her final sentence: "The results here represented a substantial step backward in terms of value and sophis...

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Those Funny Referees...

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Sometimes, referees say the darnedest things . Some of these comments are really damned funny, though it's bad as an author being on th...

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Scientific Peer Review, ca. 1945

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Miguel included this link in his comment on a previous post, and I think that this video about scientific peer review (circa 1945) is hilar...

Friday, December 11, 2009

Adversarial Reviewing

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If you are (or were) an academic, you know you've experienced adversarial reviews . (The link points to a paper that shows how to prosp...

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Quote of the Day

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Today's quote comes from an anonymous referee who wrote the tie-breaking referee report that caused a paper of mine to be accepted for p...

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Mason: I am a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Previously, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow in Somerville College. I am also a die-hard fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers. See my website for more information about me. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter (@masonporter), though I'm much easier to stalk by other means. If you want power law or Zachary Karate Club swag, take a look at my Power Law Shop. I am also involved with the Legends of Caltech movie and co-edited Legends of Caltech III.

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