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Sequential order as an extraneous factor in editorial decision

Sultan Orazbayev ()

Scientometrics, 2017, vol. 113, issue 3, No 18, 1573-1592

Abstract: Abstract Does the sequential order in which manuscripts are submitted to an academic journal have any effect on the editorial decision? As an extraneous factor, the order of submission has no relation to the manuscript’s content. However, an editor facing a list of new submissions could be subject to decision fatigue or order bias, which would in turn affect the editorial decision. Empirical analysis of nearly 10,000 (first) submissions to a leading academic journal shows that manuscripts which were submitted earlier on a given day were up to 7% more likely to be desk rejected, without any order effect on the likelihood of a rejection after peer review.

Keywords: Desk rejection; Sequential order effect; Decision fatigue; Peer review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A19 D03 D89 J01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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