Everything Hertz

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 (https://everythinghertz.com/audio-question) Listen to our episode with Chelsea Parlett-Pelleriti (https://everythinghertz.com/107), 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 (https://www.researchsquare.com/publishers/in-review) preprint server The current state of preprints The 'readiness scale' paper (https://rdcu.be/b8G3m) at Nature Human Behavior How the prestige of one's institition affects how they are assessed The mathematician Grigori Perelman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman), who declined the Fields medal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal) The Laboratory Life book (https