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When Journals Play Favorites

March 02, 2018 / PSU-AAUP

Inside Higher Ed
By Coleen Flaherty
March 2, 2018

Academic publishing is supposed to favor the strongest research -- regardless of who's producing it.  Yet we know that isn't always true.  Various studies suggest that the system leans toward significant or favorable results over null ones, research coming from elite institutions, and male authors over women, for example.

A new study examines another possible kind of bias: whether journals favor research affiliated with their publishing institutions.  The short answer is yes.

Read the full article at the Inside Higher Ed website here.

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