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 <
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>
> > 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 Structure 2QNS withdrawn.
> >>
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