title: Too many journals? Towards a theory of repeated rejections and ultimate acceptance.
abstract: Under a set of reasonable assumptions, it is shown that all manuscripts submitted to any journal will ultimately be published, either by the first journal or by one of the following journals to which a manuscript is resubmitted. This suggests that low quality manuscripts may also be published, which further suggests that there may be too many journals.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oosterhaven
keywords: Rejection rates; Scientific journals; Ultimate acceptance
references.citation: J Chronic Dis. 1986;39(2):147-9
references.pmid: 3944226