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First thought after the opening paragraph, "these have to be mainlanders". Scrolling down, yup.
by varjag 5y ago
First thought after the opening paragraph, "these have to be mainlanders". Scrolling down, yup.
- FabHK 5y agoPertinent passage from the preprint: > Out of 404 papers accepted in less then 30 days after submission, 394 papers (97.5%) have authors with affiliations in (mainland) China. Out of 615 papers of which editorial processing time exceeded 40 days, 58 papers (9.5%) only have authors with affiliations in (main- land) China. This tenfold imbalance suggests a differentiated processing of papers affiliated to China characterised by shorter peer-review duration.