Marketing Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
December 1992
Abstract
Armstrong and Hubbard (1991), in a survey of editors of 20 psychology journals, found a bias against the publication of papers with controversial findings. The 16 editors who responded said that they received few papers with controversial findings "during the last two years." When they did receive such papers, the reviewers rejected them. Some of these editors expressed dismay over this situation and said that their referees usually rejected such papers. The study encountered only one instance where the reviewers agreed that a paper with controversial findings should be published. The editor who handled this case was blunt: he picked referees who would agree to its publication.
Recommended Citation
Armstrong, J. S. (1992). Editorial Policies for the Publication of Controversial Findings. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/marketing_papers/109
Date Posted: 15 June 2007
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
Postprint version. Published in International Journal of Forecasting, Volume 8, Issue 4, December 1992, pages 543-544.
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-2070(92)90064-G