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The reviewers who wish to get access to raw data should reveal their
identity by signing the report!

-Sankar

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Ethan Merritt <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> On Wednesday, 10 August 2011, Nian Huang wrote:
> > I Agree with the idea of adding crystallographer reviewers.
> > But accessing to data is not feasible unless there is a good way
> > to protect authors.
>
> Disagree.
> The data supporting a paper's claims should always be made available
> to the reviewers.  How else can you be assured of a valid review?
>
> The only exception to this I can think of would be human subjects/
> privacy issues, but that must be a rarity in crystallographic papers.
>
>        Ethan
>
> > For
> > example, the editor should agree to publish the paper swiftly in advance
> > before the data become accessible to reviewers.
> > In any case, the flaw of this structure is very clear in the table.
> >
> > Nian
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Filip Van Petegem <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Just another example of where it would have been good for the reviewers
> to
> > > get access to the data during the review process...  and where at least
> one
> > > of the reviewers *should* be a protein crystallographer...
> > >
> > > Filip Van Petegem
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:01 PM, David Schuller <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >>  Time to fuel up the gossip engines for the approaching weekend:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096921260800186X
> > >>
> > >> RETRACTED: Structure of the Parathyroid Hormone Receptor C Terminus
> Bound
> > >> to the G-Protein Dimer Gβ1γ2
> > >> Structure, Volume 16, Issue 7<
> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=PublicationURL&_tockey=%23TOC%236269%232008%23999839992%23693753%23FLA%23&_cdi=6269&_pubType=J&view=c&_auth=y&_acct=C000022719&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=492137&md5=9dc4b8953d3fa243dc98e395b6ac590d
> >,
> > >> 9 July 2008, Pages 1086-1094
> > >> Structure 2QNS withdrawn.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> =======================================================================
> > >> All Things Serve the Beam
> > >>
> =======================================================================
> > >>                                David J. Schuller
> > >>                                modern man in a post-modern world
> > >>                                MacCHESS, Cornell University
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Filip Van Petegem, PhD
> > > Assistant Professor
> > > The University of British Columbia
> > > Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
> > > 2350 Health Sciences Mall - Rm 2.356
> > > Vancouver, V6T 1Z3
> > >
> > > phone: +1 604 827 4267
> > > email: [log in to unmask]
> > > http://crg.ubc.ca/VanPetegem/
> > >
> >
>