Do journals accept too many papers?

Vidya Atal

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 107, issue 2, 229-232

Abstract: This paper provides a theoretical model for analyzing the behavior of peer-reviewed journals. It finds that, apart from natural human errors, inefficiencies arise purely for reasons of inter-journal strategic behavior. Specifically, as a result of competition, journals tend to set their quality cut-offs excessively low.

Keywords: Peer-review; system; Market; structure; of; journals; Journal; acceptance; rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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