At Nature: Authors’ names have “astonishing” influence in science

Why is this astonishing: “A Nobel prizewinner is six times more likely than someone less well known to get a thumbs-up for acceptance, finds study.”

Surely the author of this paywalled article, Nicola Jones, is joking if she claims to be astonished. Does she think we are all the slow class? Her mistake.

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