Carrell, Scott E.; Figlio, David N.; Lusher, Lester - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The network of economists who publish in leading journals is generally perceived as small, exclusive, and tightly knit …. We study how author-editor and author-reviewer network connectivity and "match" influences editor decisions and reviewer … linked via coauthorship networks as the handling editor are significantly more likely to avoid a desk rejection. Likewise …