July 7, 2000

Nasty or Nice, Reviews of Journal Articles Remain Crucial to Scholarship

To the Editor:

I must object to Amy Hackney Blackwell's observations ("Reviews of Journal Manuscripts: Nasty, Petty, Arrogant," Opinion, June 2). Ms. Blackwell implies that a large proportion of reviews are "nasty, petty, arrogant," and compares reviewers to ill-mannered drivers. In my personal experience of nearly 20 years of writing and reviewing scientific papers, this characterization is largely inaccurate. Over the years, I have received some damning

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