Two examples from the computer science review and publication process
A few days ago, I posted about getting the Ph.D. in computer science . As part of that post, I mentioned that I'd publish & discuss some of the reviews my papers have received. These aren't so nasty that they're funny, but I decided to post the full submission/review/submission/review/final as a way to also help show what the publication and revision process looks like. I probably owe a better explanation of the delta between the papers, but - hey, the SIGCOMM, USENIX ATC, and SEA (algorithms) deadlines are all this week. :) I've deliberately picked two papers with very different initial reviews. Both were eventually accepted, and neither was accepted upon first submission. One received a best paper award. Both have over 100 citations. I've picked these not because they're representative -- I've written papers with low citation counts also -- but because they illustrate the wide disparity in review constructiveness and tone that even decent, p