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ngeo-referee-strategy
Use when choosing suggested and excluded referees for a Nature Geoscience submission and pre-empting the objections Earth-science referees are likely to raise. Plans referee handling; does not write the manuscript or the rebuttal.
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# Nature Geoscience Referee Strategy (ngeo-referee-strategy)
## When to trigger
- The Editorial Manager form asks for suggested / excluded reviewers
- You want to anticipate the objections a Nature Geoscience referee will raise and address them in advance
- A prior manuscript was declined and you are rethinking who reviews it
- You are coordinating the cover-letter referee section (see `ngeo-cover-letter`)
## How Nature Geoscience review works (durable shape)
An in-house editor first triages on **broad interest and Earth-system importance**; only a minority of submissions are sent out. Those that pass go to referees (commonly two to three) who assess both **technical soundness** and **significance/breadth**. A referee can recommend rejection on **interest grounds even when the work is correct** — so your strategy must defend the science *and* the venue fit. Review is **single-blind by default**, with an **opt-in double-blind** route (choose it at submission and anonymise the manuscript accordingly). Resubmission and appeal routes exist (handled in `ngeo-revision`).
## Choosing suggested referees