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I try to always make a firm up or down recommendation.
I think
sending back a review that says maybe accept, or I liked this but
didn't like that, just puts the onus on the editor.
However, sometimes I really do get stuck trying to decide. I would
particularly like to hear from others what you do in a case like
that:
do you tell the editor "I can't decide and I really think you
need to send it to another reviewer" or what?
Answers to this last question and any other good ideas about
improving as a peer reviewer would be greatly welcome. I think it's
an important part of our job as scientists that we get scant training
on (other than on-the-fly).
It's just lazy of a reviewer to reply with a yes/no verdict but
little else.
I think a review should always include suggestions for improvement.