
PolicyAugust 25, 2016
Why Are Scientists So Fascinated by Rejection?
Thumbs-downs on scientific papers can look amusing in retrospect, but they can also illuminate how far from ideal the scientific process actually is
Yarden Katz is a departmental fellow in systems biology at Harvard Medical School and a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society

Why Are Scientists So Fascinated by Rejection?
Thumbs-downs on scientific papers can look amusing in retrospect, but they can also illuminate how far from ideal the scientific process actually is