Surely in this ''modern age" data could be uploaded to "review server" whereby a reviewer could be given privileged access - to be able to see the model and maps, via something like AstexViewer, to gauge the quality and reliability of modelling - without actually getting the PDB coordinates or structure factors until a manuscript is accepted for publication?
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On 11 Aug 2011, at 11:15, "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 G
>>>> 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 Structure 2QNS withdrawn.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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>>>> David J. Schuller
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>>>>
>>>
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>>>
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