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How to write a review Toby Walsh Department of Computer Science University of York cs.york.ac.uk/~tw/phd Outline What is a review? Why should you review? How do you review a paper? What not to do? What are the dilemmas? Case study What is a review? “Something that will ruin your day〞 Alan Bundy Even if it is good! The stamp of scientific quality Feedback from your peers Future directions? Prof. Alan Bundy What is a review not? Acceptance/rejection Editors/Program committees accept/reject You recommend! A place for bias, prejudice, personal animosity, … Though it often appears to be so Why should you review? You’d much rather enjoy Paphos And so would I! But science would grind to a halt Not immediately, of course Reasons to review Duty Fairness 2-3 reviews written/ paper written Promotion Education Good reviewers write good papers? Bad reasons to review To settle old scores To advance your own theories/hinder rivals To get latest results Unpublished papers are strictly confidential How do you review? Read the paper Read the review form Useful dimensions to look at Novelty, Clarity, Importance, Timeliness … Read the paper Wait a few days Read paper Write review Everyone has their own method How do you review? Put yourself in author’s shoes Think how you would like to read this review Offer constructive criticism Don’t just tell them something is inadequate! Tell them how they might fix it What not to do? Miss the deadline We all hate late reviews Display partiality, bias, animosity, … Destructively criticize Always work out what they would need to do to fix problems Collect and share reviews Learn if others agree with your opinions Thicken your skin Clearly, the author fails to understand the work of Walsh in this area … Since they mention no related work, this paper cannot be original … This idea is too simple not to exist already … This work is good but I don’t understand why Bundy hasn’t done this already? Ethical dilemmas You are working on the same