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Hi all, I just had a paper rejected without review at the AJPS for the following reason (quoting the editor's letter): "Over the last year or so our reviewer panels in all fields have consistently recommended that papers which only advance formal theoretical formulations without systematic theory tests should not be published in the AJPS. We interpret this change in peer reviewer sentiment as a result of the EITM movement. Whatever its cause, this change is quite consistent. Thus we are not accepting for review papers that fail to meet these reviewer expectations." Has anyone had similar experiences? I am not in any way suggesting that the editors ought to change their decision for my particular manuscript, but I thought it would be useful to discuss this trend in the field. Best, James ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - James H. Fowler, Assistant Professor web: http://jhfowler.ucdavis.edu Department of Political Science email: jhfowler@ucdavis.edu University of California, Davis phone: (530) 752-1649 One Shields Avenue fax: (530) 752-8666 Davis, CA 95616 -- ********************************************************** Political Methodology E-Mail List Editor: Andrew D. Martin <polmeth@artsci.wustl.edu> ********************************************************** Send messages to H-PolMeth@h-net.msu.edu To join the list, visit http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~polmeth/ To leave the list, send the following message (and nothing else) to listserv@h-net.msu.edu : signoff H-PolMeth For more information on how to manage your subscription to H-PolMeth, visit http://www.h-net.msu.edu/lists/help/ **********************************************************
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