"It has been 3 days since an E-mail inviting you to review XXX-YYYYY-ZZZZ, entitled "Rbah blah blah". Could you please inform us of your
decision by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page with your decision
as soon as possible?"
"Actually mate, I have already replied to this email address, which I
assume is yours.
I did that in the 28th of November, a Saturday, and
approximately 10 minutes after I received your review request - that was 10:47pm at
night, my time.
But given your tone, I should probably have just ignored it for the spam it
must have been.
A professional journal would make a second approach for my
review with some degree of professionalism. I am acutely aware of how hard it is
to get peers to reply, let alone agree, to manuscript review requests as I am a Section
Editor, an Associate Editor and on 2 editorial boards myself. However, I have never
chased up a potential reviewer using such a short tone.
Please remove me from your list of potential reviewers. I would no more review for you or this journal again, than poke myself in the eye with a sharp stick."
Please remove me from your list of potential reviewers. I would no more review for you or this journal again, than poke myself in the eye with a sharp stick."
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