PhD from low-ranking university ‘can hold back career’

Deluge of submitted papers leads journals to fall back on alma mater prestige, research suggests

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September 7, 2015
Last updated
July 16, 2018
David Matthews
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#1 Submitted by ... on September 8, 2015 - 5:29am
During the refereeing process the referee shouldn't know anything at all about the writer or writers. She or he should make a judgement purely on the basis of the paper itself.

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