The DIP Process

[James Blachly]

On Tuesday, 26 February 2019 at 19:49:52 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 2/26/19 2:45 PM, James Blachly wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 26 February 2019 at 18:22:09 UTC, Andrei 
>> Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> This is the case for all relevant submission processes I know 
>>> of - conferences, journals, programming languages. A process 
>>> of shepherding/assistance is not unheard of, but 
>>> exceptionally rare.
>> 
>> In my fields (medicine and genomics), it is extremely common 
>> that high impact journals offer a pre-review/estimate of 
>> suitability to authors prior to submission.
>> 
>> For example, one does not typically submit to NEJM or Nature 
>> without discussing with an editor first.
>
> Yah, I know of the process from my wife. There are quite a few 
> differences between the fields. One is that in medicine a case 
> presentation is in and by itself publishable material, and all 
> the editor needs to do is assess the rarity and relevance of 
> the material.

I am not at all describing “case reports,” and your thoughtless 
dismissal of earnest feedback/suggestion really underlines the 
criticisms others have leveled against you specifically, and 
perhaps the process generally.