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ArticleScience advances2026

Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals.

Sam Zhang, Nicholas LaBerge, Quinten McElhiney, Daniel B Larremore, Aaron Clauset

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Article in Science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sam ZhangDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0371-9526
Nicholas LaBergeComputer Science Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4922-3358
Quinten McElhineyComputer Science Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-2201-6704
Daniel B LarremoreSanta Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5273-5234
Aaron ClausetSanta Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3529-8746

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elite general science journals shape scientific discourse, public policy, and scientific careers. However, expectations of confidentiality in most editorial proceedings has limited efforts to understand and improve the review process. Here, we describe and release deidentified data on 110,303 manuscript submissions over 5 years at

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Editorial PoliciesPeer Review, ResearchPeriodicals as TopicScienceHumans

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PMID42455887
PMCPMC13371883

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