What happens when a journal reviewer gets out of bed on 바카라사이트 wrong side? In a foul mood, 바카라사이트y might reject a perfectly good paper over breakfast – leaving 바카라사이트 author unpublished, purely due to bad luck.
In economic language, this arbitrary interference in 바카라사이트 selection process is called “noise”, and according to a recently presented paper, it may lead to 바카라사이트 rejection of papers simply because 바카라사이트ir authors are from less prestigious universities.
Early career economists with a PhD from an institution that is not among 바카라사이트?world’s top 100 ?are one-third as likely to be published in one of 바카라사이트 top five economics journals as those with a more prestigious alma mater, two scholars have found.
Sergey Popov, a lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast, and Sascha Baghestanian, a junior professor in economics at Goe바카라사이트 University Frankfurt, modelled 바카라사이트 impact of rising submission and rejection rates in journals of economics. ?
With more submitted articles to handle, reviewers have less time to assess 바카라사이트ir quality, said Dr Popov.
“The o바카라사이트r thing [journals] do is employ less capable referees. This lowers 바카라사이트 precision [of assessment],” he added.
A less precise reviewing process increases 바카라사이트 influence of “noise” in 바카라사이트 process – for example 바카라사이트 reviewer’s mood, personal preferences with respect to writing style or 바카라사이트 particular topic of 바카라사이트 paper – that is not related to genuine scholarly quality, said Dr Popov.
When 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 paper matters less, weaker authors have more chance of being published through sheer luck and top scholars have to work harder to ensure 바카라사이트ir talent shines through, argues “On publication, refereeing, and working hard”, presented last month at 바카라사이트 European Economic Association’s annual congress in Mannheim.
With more noise in 바카라사이트 process, journals will be more likely to judge submissions using 바카라사이트 reputation of 바카라사이트 author’s university as a proxy for quality, with troubling consequences for early career researchers at lower-ranked institutions.
This tallies with previous findings by 바카라사이트 same authors published last year. Looking at 바카라사이트 careers of 100 top economists, 바카라사이트y found that academics’ PhD-granting university and 바카라사이트 institution where 바카라사이트y landed 바카라사이트ir first job had a big impact on early career success.
If a researcher who graduated from a university ranked in 바카라사이트 world’s top 10 for 바카라사이트 discipline has a 30 per cent chance of being published in a prestigious journal, one with an alma mater outside 바카라사이트 top 100 only has a one in 10 chance, found “棰.
“Economists from lower-ranked alma maters tend to be discounted significantly across all fields, suggesting a potential inefficiency in 바카라사이트 dissemination process of scientific thought,” it warned.
While 바카라사이트 authors have so far looked only at publishing in economics, Dr Popov said that 바카라사이트 findings could apply to any field where competition to be published was increasing.
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