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Edited by Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved November 18, 2014 (received for review September 21, 2014)
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Citation distribution of rejected articles (peer reviewed vs. desk-rejected).
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Citation distribution of accepted and rejected articles.
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Citation distribution of rejected articles by time to publication.
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Justification n Lacking novelty 7 Methodological problems 4 Magnitude of results too small 4 No reason given 3 Insufficient data/evidence 2 Speculative results/questionable validity 2 - Table 2.
Impact factor comparisons of submitted versus published journals, 14 most highly cited articles
Citation rank Impact factor ratio of submitted to published journal Publication journal outcome 1 0.85 Higher 2 (first rejection) 0.18 Higher 2 (second rejection) 0.46 Higher 3 0.85 Higher 4 1.41 Lower 5 1.39 Lower 6 3.02 Lower 7 1.11 Lower 8 0.96 Higher 9 2.92 Lower 10 12.14 Lower 11 1.49 Lower 12 6.96 Lower 13 2.57 Lower 14 6.79 Lower
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