posic ([personal profile] posic) wrote2021-09-02 03:17 pm

Eight years ago

https://www.facebook.com/posic/posts/709895045691999

"I do not care how math. research journals operate, what they do, need or want. These are their problems, and I have enough of mine. The relevant question is what they exist for. They are there to publish mathematics, my work is mathematics, ergo they exist in order to publish my work. I am not working to produce something they would like to publish. I am doing research in mathematics, that's all. They are needed to publish what I've written. If they don't, they are not needed.

Should they have some meaningful suggestions concerning improvement of my writings, we can talk about that. If they just aren't prepared to publish my writings, we have nothing to talk about. For me, it means that they've rejected their mission and raison d'etre, and I can henceforth view them as nonexistent. I don't care whether they are coming out still or are being closed down already."

[identity profile] posic.livejournal.com 2021-09-04 11:00 am (UTC)(link)
I am striving to live the second tradition. I read carefully the papers which I review and try to understand them, then write detailed reports based on what I understood. I fully expect the same of the reviewers of my papers. When I get treatment totally contradicting the second tradition and resulting in irresponsible rejection of my papers, I strive to penalize the perpetrating journal.