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

Table 8.

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

Outcome Female corresponding authors Male corresponding authors NA value for gender of corresponding authors
DBPR SBPR DBPR SBPR DBPR SBPR
Rejected outright 1549 (89.6%) 11,944 (76.3%) 7835 (91.7%) 57,211 (76.0%) 4109 (92.2%) 18,579 (81.5%)
Out to review 180 (10.4%) 3706 (23.7%) 713 (8.3%) 18,071 (24.0%) 349 (7.8%) 4208 (18.5%)