Today I gave my first peer-review rejection. For a lot of reasons, it didn't feel good. It's exhausting to prevent science misinformation from spreading, especially when a paper can be resubmitted elsewhere & slip by different peer-reviewers #AcademicChatter #ScienceTwitter
And just to add context, I've rejected a lot of papers during peer-review before, but with the option of resubmission if minor or major revisions were made. But this time, it couldn't be fixed.
Is it weird I feel bad? I empathize with how much time & effort the authors must have invested, which made it hard for me to not to keep giving more chances to re-submit, especially after I volunteered so much of my own time into the review process as well. But this is science.
Also, I hope people feel it's ok that I share these issues & experiences. I always honor and respect the privacy of everyone involved (and by the way, why aren't *all* reviews double-blind yet?!) and I think it's important that we discuss these things more. #AcademicChatter
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