Katharine Hayhoe: A new study finds that submitted papers by EU/North American authors are more likely to be: * accepted more quickly * published by the first journal they're submitted to * published by a different journal if it's rejected the first time doi.org/10.1038/d415...

A new study finds that submitted papers by EU/North American authors are more likely to be: * accepted more quickly * published by the first journal they're submitted to * published by a different journal if it's rejected the first time doi.org/10.1038/d415...

not soo surprising - would double blind review make it better`?

I believe it would help. However, a good technical editor for non English fluent authors would also matter!

I doubt it, it could be more to do with the cultural approach to writing, expressions, and the language barrier. The current structure is based on the US/European model.

Is there a reason why the us is so far behind Germany Sweden and Switzerland?

US authors often forget to switch the units from hamburgers and big gulps to metric when publishing internationally. So many rejects.

"subtle" racism at work...

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