Editorial favouritism unpopular with China’s junior scholars

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Identifying reviewers weakens peer review, study suggests

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Affiliation bias in peer review favours male authors – study

Male academics assessed more highly if they work at a top-ranked university but same bias does not materialise for female scholars

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Scholars feel slighted by the editorial gatekeepers

More than half of academics have felt maltreated by journal editors, survey finds

By Jack Grove

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Editorial favouritism unpopular with China’s junior scholars

But study challenges idea that papers by colleagues of editors are of a lower quality

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Editorial favouritism unpopular with China’s junior scholars

But study challenges idea that papers by colleagues of editors are of a lower quality

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China takes on big publishers with ‘world-class’ journal drive

Identifying reviewers weakens peer review, study suggests

Affiliation bias in peer review favours male authors – study

Scholars feel slighted by the editorial gatekeepers

Related universities

East China Normal University

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