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Publishing, Objectivity, and Prestige

    Author: Khaled Moustafa1
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    Affiliations: 1: Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France, [email protected]
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    Source: J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. December 2016 vol. 17 no. 3 331-332. doi:10.1128/jmbe.v17i3.1155
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    Abstract:

    Some journals reject up to 80-90 % of the received manuscripts as they claim in their information to authors. Here, I propose a piece of tongue-in-cheek Instructions for Authors that would reflect some unspoken policies behind such high rejection rates in some 'snobbish' journals.

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Some journals reject up to 80-90 % of the received manuscripts as they claim in their information to authors. Here, I propose a piece of tongue-in-cheek Instructions for Authors that would reflect some unspoken policies behind such high rejection rates in some 'snobbish' journals.

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