on Thu, 16 Jan 2003 Andrew Odlyzko <[email protected]> wrote:
> The recent postings to this list about rejection rates and
> costs of peer review point out yet another way that costs
> can be lowered: Elimination of the wasteful duplication in
> the peer review system.
>
> It is widely acknowledged that almost all articles are
> published eventually, possibly after some revisions, and
> often after getting rejected by first and second choice
> journals.
This myth has never been supported by any
evidence. Indeed, all the studies that I
have read indicate otherwise.
Albert Henderson
Former Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1994-2000
<[email protected]>
