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Abstract Comments on JJ Christensen-Szalanski and LR Beach's (see record 1984-21471-
001) conclusion that the attention given to commentaries and replies to articles did not justify …

Peer review is the primary means of ensuring the maintenance of standards that are
deemed appropriate for scientific publications. There are many similarities, but also some …

Abstract Supports Newman's (1966) suggestions for improving evaluation procedures,
focusing on removing the anonymity of reviewers of submitted papers. Identification of …

This article describes examples of influential and/or highly cited papers that were initially
rejected by one or more scientific journals. The work reported in eight of the papers …

Comments that M. Boor's (1986) suggestions to improve articles published in professional
journals are unsubstantiated guesses and urges Boor to research his ideas. An example …

There are many sides to every ques-tion and as far as the reviewing of books is concerned
there are at least five points of view which are obviously different: the points of view of the …

Examined reviewer recommendations and subsequent editorial decisions for 153 papers
submitted for publication. In an earlier article (DW Fiske and L. Fogg; see record 1990 …

In this article a quantitative study is reported on the resistance that scientists may encounter
when they do innovative work or when they attempt to publish articles that later become …

Present remarks by the editor as he comes to the end of a six year tenure as editor and two
and half years as associate editor. He takes the opportunity to discuss the organizational …