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I'm not sure that is a "spike". At my institution, "holidays" are nearly 1/10th of the year already! Moreover, the quote doesn't say "more than a tenth of paper

by srl 7y ago

I'm not sure that is a "spike". At my institution, "holidays" are nearly 1/10th of the year already! Moreover, the quote doesn't say "more than a tenth of papers were submitted", it says that "more than a tenth of researchers who submitted, did so during the holidays". The latter statistic includes folks who pushed out several manuscripts in a year, including one which happens to be finished over the holidays. Not that it's implausible that there is a spike -- just that I've never seen actual evidence of one. (Disclaimer: haven't read article thanks to paywall.)

cmdshiftf4 7y ago
Ah, very plausible. Thanks for weighing in. >At my institution, "holidays" are nearly 1/10th of the year already! That would indeed go quite some distance in explaining it in itself. Although I'm sure the idea of hitting an already bogged-down reviewer at peak season in the name of getting something perhaps hastily put together to publish, in avoiding perish, has crossed the minds of a few. Indeed, if it can cross the mind of a decidedly average non-academic such as myself, I'm almost certain it has for my intellectual and academic betters.