Comment: The Difference Between Theory and Practice. (Score 1) 293
- Albert Einstein -
I have bad news for you
In all sciences, reviewers will often ask authors to cite additional papers and provide some commentary on them. [How do your results differ?] Whether the papers are relevant is difficult to answer.
I have been on both sides of this. As a reviewer, I have often asked that additional papers be cited, sometimes my own. After all, I wouldn't be a reviewer if I didn't have some expertise. As an author, usually I agree the additional citations are relevant. Even I don't think so, I 'suck it up' in order to get my paper published. I'm sure the authors of the papers I reviewed sometimes felt the same way.
Welcome to peer-review.
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