Citation impact, rejection rates, and journal value.

Comments on L. C. Buffardi and J. A. Nichols's (1981) list of rejection rates for psychological journals and further examines the relation between rejection rates, citation impact, and journal value. It was found that 69% of the variance in rejection rates was explained by area and type of journal. As Buffardi and Nichols reported, rejection rates were higher for APA than for non-APA journals (80.27% vs 65.37%), and citation indices were higher for APA than for non-APA journals (2.63 vs 0.91). Further results suggest that experimental journals have a higher Social Sciences Citation Indices impact than do general journals. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)