Nature:
An examination of manuscript flows for bioscience articles
reveals that articles published on a second submission attempt
are more frequently cited than those accepted on their first
submission. Vincent Calcagno of the French Institute for
Agricultural Research in Sophia-Antipolis and his colleagues
looked at more than 80 000 articles published between 2006 and
2008. One finding reinforces the idea that papers rejected by
higher-impact journals generally tend to be published in
lower-impact journals. But 75% of papers appear in the journal
to which they are first submitted. Regardless of journal
impact, the articles that were initially rejected were more
highly cited on average within 3â6 years of
their publication. Calcagno believes that is because of the
impact of peer review and the resulting improvements in the
articles.
