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- From: shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer)
- Subject: Re: Naive Question about Publication Practices
- In-Reply-To: d3a132@pnl.gov's message of 31 Aug 92 23:41:34 GMT
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- Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal.
- References: <1992Aug31.210301.25308@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 04:21:47 GMT
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- There was a study some time ago where identical papers were given
- different institutions of attribution and submitted to a variety of
- journals. The acceptance rate was a function of perceived prestige of
- institution.
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- Unfortunately, I can't remember where I read this, or exactly when. I
- think it was about five years ago and I read about it in that science
- tabloid that was around for a while (Research News? Science Today?
- something like that). I think it was also mentioned in Science.
-
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- Mary Shafer DoD #0362 KotFR NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
- shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov Of course I don't speak for NASA
- "There's no kill like a guns kill." LCDR "Hoser" Satrapa, gunnery instructor
- "A kill is a kill." Anonymous
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