The luck of the referee draw: the effect of exchanging reviews

In journal peer review, editorial decisions on submitted manuscripts are informed by referees' expert recommendations; however, the choice of referees may affect these decisions. Using data from Angewandte Chemie International Edition (AC‐IE) , this study tested what would have happened if referee reports had been received in a different order. In AC‐IE 's peer‐review process, a manuscript is generally published only if two referees rate the...