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. 2014 Dec 22;112(2):360–365. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1418218112

Table 1.

Most common justifications for article rejection among top 15-cited cases

Justification n
Lacking novelty 7
Methodological problems 4
Magnitude of results too small 4
No reason given 3
Insufficient data/evidence 2
Speculative results/questionable validity 2