Leif Nelson

If you were just a rational agent acting in the most self-interested way possible as a researcher in academia, I think you would cheat.

If you were just a rational agent acting in the most self-interested way possible as a researcher in academia, I think you would cheat.

If you were just a rational agent acting in the most self-interested way possible as a researcher in academia, I think you would cheat.

It was a tense few months, but in the end, I was allowed to continue doing what I was doing.

It was a tense few months, but in the end, I was allowed to continue doing what I was doing.

It was a tense few months, but in the end, I was allowed to continue doing what I was doing.

So I think journals have really complicated incentives.

So I think journals have really complicated incentives.

So I think journals have really complicated incentives.

Of course, they want to publish good work to begin with, so there's some incentive to do some quality check and kind of cover their ass there. But once they've published something, there's a strong incentive for them to defend it or at least to not publicize any errors.

Of course, they want to publish good work to begin with, so there's some incentive to do some quality check and kind of cover their ass there. But once they've published something, there's a strong incentive for them to defend it or at least to not publicize any errors.

Of course, they want to publish good work to begin with, so there's some incentive to do some quality check and kind of cover their ass there. But once they've published something, there's a strong incentive for them to defend it or at least to not publicize any errors.

So one of the things the editor-in-chief does is when a manuscript is submitted, I would read it and decide whether it should continue through the peer review process or I could reject it there. And that's called desk rejection.

So one of the things the editor-in-chief does is when a manuscript is submitted, I would read it and decide whether it should continue through the peer review process or I could reject it there. And that's called desk rejection.

So one of the things the editor-in-chief does is when a manuscript is submitted, I would read it and decide whether it should continue through the peer review process or I could reject it there. And that's called desk rejection.

One thing I started doing at the journal that wasn't official policy, it was just a practice I decided to adopt, was that when a manuscript was submitted, I would hide the author's names from myself. So I was rejecting things without looking at who the authors were. So the publication committee started a conversation with me, which is totally reasonable, about the overall desk rejection rate.

One thing I started doing at the journal that wasn't official policy, it was just a practice I decided to adopt, was that when a manuscript was submitted, I would hide the author's names from myself. So I was rejecting things without looking at who the authors were. So the publication committee started a conversation with me, which is totally reasonable, about the overall desk rejection rate.

One thing I started doing at the journal that wasn't official policy, it was just a practice I decided to adopt, was that when a manuscript was submitted, I would hide the author's names from myself. So I was rejecting things without looking at who the authors were. So the publication committee started a conversation with me, which is totally reasonable, about the overall desk rejection rate.

Am I rejecting too many things, etc.? There was some conversation about whether I was desk rejecting the wrong people. So if I was stepping on important people's toes and an email was forwarded to me from a quote unquote award winning social psychologist, you know, Samin desk rejected my paper. I found this extremely distasteful and I won't be submitting there again.

Am I rejecting too many things, etc.? There was some conversation about whether I was desk rejecting the wrong people. So if I was stepping on important people's toes and an email was forwarded to me from a quote unquote award winning social psychologist, you know, Samin desk rejected my paper. I found this extremely distasteful and I won't be submitting there again.