Tag Archives: Reviewing

The moral panic over AI

Posted on May 26, 2026 by Persiflage

A number of journals appear to have frothed themselves into a moral panic over AI. There is certainly a lot of AI-generated crap appearing in multiple places, and the arXiv moderators are no doubt playing whack-a-mole trying to keep it … Continue reading →

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Mathematische Zeitschrift (Part I: for reviewers)

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Persiflage

I am an associate editor for Math Zeitschrift. I thought that here could be a good place to record a few useful comments that I often pass on to reviewers. It is my intention for future referee requests to include … Continue reading →

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Nobody Cares About Your Paper

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Persiflage

I handle quite a few papers (though far fewer than other editors I know) as an associate editor at Mathematische Zeitschrift. Since the acceptance rate at Math Zeit is something in the neighbourhood of 20%, there are certainly good papers … Continue reading →

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