It goes without saying that everyone reading this paper has at least some familiarity with the scientific publishing process, if only at the level of reading articles in scientific journals such as Geochemical Perspectives. Most readers also will have published papers on their particular scientific expertise and thus will have experienced the review and revision process along with being the recipient of editorial judgements about the quality of their work and its ability to be published. Because of their expertise, many readers will have served as reviewers of manuscripts submitted to scientific journals and thus have direct experience with evaluating...

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