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Peer review: Agreement and disagreement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Domenic V. Cicchetti
Domenic V. Cicchetti
Affiliation:
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, 230 Frontage Road, New Haven, CT 06510
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Abstract

Rl In response to Somit & Peterson's call for multiple journal manuscript submissions, and consistent with Cicchetti (1991a and 1991b), counterarguments are presented. The policy for multiple submissions is difficult to defend scientifically ana would place an unwarranted burden on both reviewers and journal editors. As such the policy is again rejected. R2 As earlier hypothesized, referee agreement on manuscripts submitted to a major journal in chemistry was significantly higher for acceptance than for rejection. This is consistent with the high acceptance rate (>70%) of this journal. There is significantly more referee agreement on rejection than on acceptance for manuscripts submitted to major journals, in behavioral science and medicine. These journals have high rejection rates (often >70%).

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 19 , Special Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 534 - 536
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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