Vanishing down the black hole of reviewing delays
许多会计及其他学科的研究者常遭遇审稿延迟，等待反馈或最终决定长达12个月以上。本文以黑洞为喻，列举了审稿过程与黑洞的十个相似之处。
Vanishing down the black hole of reviewing delaysA frustrating, irritating, but all too common obstacle faced by many accounting (and other) academic researchers is the experience of having to wait up to and in some cases in excess of 12 months for feedback and/or a final decision to be provided on manuscripts submitted to academic journals.Motivated by reflections with colleagues who have in recent times experienced this frustration, I have increasingly discovered many colleagues who have encountered the same "challenge".It occurred to me as though the interminable length of time that papers can be in the review process has much in common with the characteristics of black holes.The parallels may seem somewhat remote at first, but I can think of at least ten similarities.