Actually publishing an article that has been published elsewhere (even by yourself) without disclosure is self-plagerism.

I stand corrected. We don't refer to it by that term, and I'm not going to be the one to tell the AMA they're doing it wrong by not using that term. But okay, then, self-plagiarism. We still don't allow it.

But I agree with you that if that came up as an issue, then someone should have read the article in question to see if there was repeated data.

In terms of 48 calendar hours being usual turnaround. Well great but I had no notice of which 48 hours. Making those 48 hours run over a weekend - zero week day time allowed is not a good practice, even if it is standard practice. What if I had been out of town that weekend? I guess I would hot have had to opportunity to review the page proofs?

We let our authors know we have a tight turnaround time, and if they can't review their proofs, a co-author will need to review them. When an author's paper is accepted for publication, they're informed in writing that because we have very tight turnaround time, they're going to get proofs with a 48-hour deadline.

I'm sympathetic to a busy schedule, absolutely. But choosing to publish does mean agreeing to work within a publisher's schedule (which should be delineated when a paper is accepted for publication).

Also, getting the journal title wrong is at minimum an indication that the copy-editor involved is being overworked.

We publish 10 journals (and 11 in January). Sometimes mistakes happen. It's too bad it happened to you, but I'm still going to say that someone using the wrong journal title isn't evidence of anything other than human error. I edit 3-4 articles at a time, and I am responsible for communicating with the authors. If I'm editing an article for the Dermatology journal, the Internal Medicine Journal, and the Ophthalmology journal, and I'm rushing, I might accidentally send and email to the author of the Dermatology article and refer to JAMA Ophthalmology. I double-check everything I send, but mistakes still happen.

I'm sorry it was such a bad experience for you.

Tomorrow is my last day of partial hospitalization. I'm so relieved. I think my brain is healing, though the state of my gardens might suggest otherwise. I'm off for another two weeks so I'm gonna crash here with you guys for awhile if it's ok.

And you're gonna show off your house to me and we'll compare oh fuck DIY moments!

Yay!!!

Kristen decided she doesn't like the counter tops. I'm dying a little inside.

Pull up a comfy chair.

My immersion blender worked fine the last time I used it. Tonight I made soup and when I went to blend it, the immersion blender made a buzzing noise and started smoking. I've blown blenders from trying to blend too much stuff; this is the first time one has died from blending nothing.

Doesn't like as in "can live with, but not fav" or "HATE WITH FLAMING SUNS"?

This is why my paint is the same. That and all the plaster repair needed.

They started to bow a bit. So I understand. But we sanded and stained them and they look so pretty to me that I can't stand the thought of replacing them.

My hair dryer blew up a week or two ago. Not even the heater with resistor part- the cord too bendied or something and shorted, complete with flaming shooting sparks that marked my robe permanently.

ita, sorry you're hurting. I hope this all works out for you. But it's very good to see your pixels.

Allyson, I'm glad your brain is healing, and I hope you can overcome the devastation of Kristen's rejection of your lovely countertops.

Our turnaround time is 48 hours for proofs. Not 48 hours of a M-F work week; 48 hours. We assume that authors may have to review their article in their down time. We have tight deadlines.

Us too. 48 hours, no guarantees when. I try to build in more time, but I can't always. We publish 52 journals; I handle two of them and might be editing articles for six or seven others at any time as needed. I aim for perfection, but I don't always achieve it.