Journal acceptance rates: A cross-disciplinary analysis of variability and relationships with journal measures
Acceptance rates vary statistically significantly by discipline of journal, country affiliation of the editor, and number of reviewers per article. There is a negative relationship between acceptance rates and citation-based indicators. There is a positive relationship between acceptance rates and journal age. Open access journals have significantly higher mean acceptance rates than non-open access journals.
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