comparisons between HOPE'S acceptances and articles in the history of economic thought in other journals over the period 1963 to 1980. 1. See Hamet Zuckerman and Robert K. Merton, 'Patterns of evaluation in science: institutionalisation, structure and function o f the referee system,' Minerva 9 (Jan. I97 I): 66-100, at Table 1 , p. 76. There is some evidence that rejection rates for 'core' journals, such as the journal of a nationwide professional association, tend to be higher than average for journals in the field. Ibid. 75-77. For the American Economic Review, 1960-79, the rejection rate was consistently 80 percent or above. 'Report o f the Managing Editor,' American Economic Review 70, no. 2 (May 1980): 455. An even higher rate is said to apply currently to the Economic Journal.
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