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A comment on Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to Win a Nobel Prize (2016).

Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by kyberias on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:52AM (#21212962)
If a scientific paper that may result in winning a Nobel prize never gets rejected, the criteria for acceptance is too lenient.

If a scientific paper that contains rubbish never gets accepted, the criteria for acceptance is too strict.

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Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday October 10, 2019 @09:56AM (#21214505)
How about, just shoddy? Don't need to assume perfect reviewers, just confused/ignorant/bad ones.
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