

Every December, the journal Environmental Microbiology publishes a collection of humorous quotes made by peer reviewers while assessing manuscripts submitted to the journal. Some of them are hilarious! I am extracting a few of them from the last two years, but I recommend reading them all!



Here you go:





Desperate referees:



This paper is desperate. Please reject it completely and then block the author’s email ID so they can’t use the online system in future.