キャリアニュース2019年10月2～9日

“This paper requires significant editing, as it is not written in sound English and cannot be accepted in its current form.” “This sentence does not make any sense.” “The authors need a native English-speaking co-author to thoroughly revise the grammar of this manuscript.” My heart sank when I received this feedback from a reviewer for the first paper I had ever submitted as a first author. The reviewer didn't say a thing about the underlying science—but isn't that what peer review is supposed to evaluate? Regardless, the reviewer recommended that our manuscript be rejected. This happened about 10 years ago. But as a nonnative English speaker who needs to publish in English, I still think about the experience today. </br>![][1]</img> ILLUSTRATION: ROBERT NEUBECKER > “You are not a martyr or the savior of people who did not grow up speaking English.” I expected my paper to fare well. I knew the science was strong. I had the resources and backup data to make whatever scientific c