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Table 8 Outcome of the first editorial decision (OTR rate) as a function of corresponding author’s gender and peer review model

From: Uptake and outcome of manuscripts in Nature journals by review model and author characteristics

Outcome

Female corresponding authors

Male corresponding authors

NA value for gender of corresponding authors

DBPR

SBPR

DBPR

SBPR

DBPR

SBPR

Rejected outright

1549 (89.6%)

11,944 (76.3%)

7835 (91.7%)

57,211 (76.0%)

4109 (92.2%)

18,579 (81.5%)

Out to review

180 (10.4%)

3706 (23.7%)

713 (8.3%)

18,071 (24.0%)

349 (7.8%)

4208 (18.5%)