Insights

Kudos to the editors of Science for a rare investigation and public audit of its publication patterns. Few top journals have opened the “black box” of journal rejections and acceptances.

Science is a self-correcting enterprise. Open science requires openness not just from funders and researchers but equally from editors and journals.

• Geography: Authors from the US and Canada saw an 8.3% acceptance rate, compared to 2.3% for authors in China (though that gap is beginning to narrow).

• Institutional privilege: Submissions from top-tier institutions were accepted at 11.6%, versus 3.4% from the lower four tiers.

• Team dynamics: Larger author groups (10+ researchers) fared better (9.9%) than smaller teams (1–5 authors at 3.3%).

• Discipline divides: Acceptance varied dramatically with one field having 9.6% acceptance rate, while another had just 1.7%.


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