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PHYSICS: Journal Plans Faster Thumbs-Down for Rejected Papers
Adrian Cho
Last month, the editors of the leading physics journal, Physical Review Letters, announced that they will increase the fraction of submitted papers they reject without peer review from between 10% and 15% to between 20% and 25%.