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Fame bias in editorial choice: Yes or No?

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Recently, Scientometrics has published a paper titled “Is there bias in editorial choice? Yes” (Moustafa 2015) in which some comments are given on our published paper in Nature titled “Is there fame bias in editorial choice?” (Mahian et al. 2015). Unfortunately, the author of above mentioned paper and many other readers might misunderstand the main aim of our correspondence. Here, we try to give some explanations to clarify the main goal of analysis presented in the paper.

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  • Mahian, O., Rashidi, M. M., Lorenzini, G., & Wongwises, S. (2015). Is there fame bias in editorial choice? Nature, 519, 414.

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  • Moustafa, K. (2015). Is there bias in editorial choice? Yes. Scientometrics. doi:10.1007/s11192-015-1617-3.

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The fourth author would like to thank the "Research Chair Grant" National Science and Technology Development Agency, and the Thailand Research Fund and the National Research University Project for the support.

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  1. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

    Omid Mahian

  2. Shanghai Key Lab of Vehicle Aerodynamics and Vehicle Thermal Management Systems, Tongji University, 4800 Cao An Rd., Jiading, Shanghai, 201804, China

    Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi

  3. ENN-Tongji Clean Energy Institute of Advanced Studies, Shanghai, China

    Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi

  4. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 181/A, 43124, Parma, Italy

    Giulio Lorenzini

  5. Fluid Mechanics, Thermal Engineering and Multiphase Flow, Research Laboratory (FUTURE), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangmod, Bangkok, 10140, Thailand

    Somchai Wongwises

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Mahian, O., Rashidi, M.M., Lorenzini, G. et al. Fame bias in editorial choice: Yes or No?. Scientometrics 105, 2253–2254 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-015-1636-0

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