title: Editorial rejects? Novelty, schnovelty!
abstract: Because many journals are currently increasing the rate of pre-peer-review editorial rejects, the editorial criteria upon which such decisions are based are very important. Here, I spotlight 'novelty' as a criterion and argue that it is a very problematic decisive factor at this stage of the editorial process.
authors.affiliation: Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Goran.Arnqvist@ebc.uu.se
authors.forename: Göran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arnqvist
mesh_terms: D035081:Editorial Policies; D010380:Peer Review / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D011786:Quality Control