Dan and James answer audio listener questions on the worst review comments they've received (and how the responded), their thoughts on the current state of preprints, and how institutional prestige influences researcher evaluations.

Other points and links:

Send in your audio question at our website
Listen to our episode with Chelsea Parlett-Pelleriti, on memes, TikTok, and science communication
The worst peer reviewers we have received
How do we respond to bad peer review comments
The Research Square preprint server
The current state of preprints
The 'readiness scale' paper at Nature Human Behavior
How the prestige of one's institition affects how they are assessed
The mathematician Grigori Perelman, who declined the Fields medal
The Laboratory Life book
Double-blinded peer-review

Other links

[Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana)
[James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers)
[Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast)
[Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/)

Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

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Episode citation

Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2020, October 19) "118: Evidence-free gatekeeping", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/RAVXK

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