Re: Rejection improves eventual impact of manuscripts
Restricting attention to papers that were eventually published may create selection bias that would make most of the results questionable. If there are many papers that are not resubmitted after a...
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There is a another possible hypothesis why these papers may be well cited: the subject they raise may be controversial. The discussion that started with the disagreement between the authors and the...
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Alternatively, these results could indicate that the journal review process systematically rejects results that are inconsistent with established findings, or at least holds them to a higher standard...
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I have not read either of the cited works. However, I suspect that resubmitted papers simply found a more appropriate home. Their readers, consequently, would be more likely to find the papers relevant...
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For those interested in knowing more about the impact of pre-publication history on post-publication citation count, I have posted more data and explanations there on my research websiteBest, Vincent...
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Well, what if there are many papers that are not resubmitted after a rejection, but simply abandoned, and if the abandoned papers have lower average quality, it is not surprising that the non-abandoned...
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I do agree with you on this Directory, and important specialty and sub-specialty journals could be even more specific in their titles, e.g. Gut and Brain. Pastor and Dr. Jean SmithEmmanuel Baptist Church
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,It is also no surprise that the highest-impact multidisciplinary journals, such as Nature and Science, were central to the network. What was less expected was that these journals published a higher...
View ArticleRe: Rejection improves eventual impact of manuscripts
,It is also no surprise that the highest-impact multidisciplinary journals, such as Nature and Science, were central to the network. What was less expected was that these journals published a higher...
View ArticleRe: Rejection improves eventual impact of manuscripts
,It is also no surprise that the highest-impact multidisciplinary journals, such as Nature and Science, were central to the network. What was less expected was that these journals published a higher...
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