Researcher floats AI-adjudicated desk rejects and public AE identities
BlackHC · x · 2026-10-17
After Gautam Kamath defended his journal's dispute-handling process, researcher BlackHC asked whether desk-rejected papers are public, proposing it would be easy to find the paper and let AI models like Astra or Fable adjudicate, and that associate editor identities should be public. He argues bad editorial decisions deserve public discussion — touching on publishing transparency and AI-assisted peer review arbitration.
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