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TMLR editor tests desk-rejected authors on their own papers, most fail

Commenter summarizes the interview outcomes

2 Sep 17 9:26 AM · 6d ago · 2 posts · 2 sources · development 2 of 5

A Mastodon post breaks down the results of Shah's ten interviews: three authors dodged the interview, three could not answer basic questions, three answered basic questions but struggled with technical ones, and one succeeded.

“The value of publication as a signal of researcher contribution is much weaker when authors cannot explain or defend their paper.”

marick@mstdn.social (quoting the article)

Nihar B. Shah Editor-in-chief, Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR)

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