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. 2018 Aug 17;3:5. doi: 10.1186/s41073-018-0049-z

Table 7.

Outcome of the first editorial decision (OTR rate) as a function of corresponding author’s gender, regardless of peer review model

Outcome Female corresponding authors Male corresponding authors NA value for gender of corresponding authors
Rejected outright 13,493 (77.6%) 65,046 (77.6%) 22,688 (83.3%)
Out to review 3886 (22.4%) 18,784 (22.4%) 4557 (16.7%)