@maartjeoostdijk@academicchatter Hi there, I would echo support for your choice (to use active voice) and would go as far as to say that in this century, it is the overuse of passive voice that can sound "unscientific." At most journals (and all journals I know well, at PLOS and Cell Press), this "advice" from the reviewer could and should be simply ignored, both because it's not the reviewer's call and because editors should agree with you.