<div dir="ltr">All 14 of the most highly cited papers in the study were rejected by the three elite journals, and 12 of those were bounced before they could reach peer review. The finding suggests that unconventional research that falls outside the established lines of thought may be more prone to rejection from top journals.<div><br><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/12/23/0011218/does-journal-peer-review-miss-best-and-brightest">http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/12/23/0011218/does-journal-peer-review-miss-best-and-brightest</a></div></div>