A Meta-theoretic Analysis of "Crank" Filtering Policies in Acedamia
Abstract
We analyze the academic review process as an operation on inputspace. We isolate the process of enforcing filtering policies as a distributiondensity and derive the resulting outcome by what can be deterministicallypredicted and, therefore, where accountability exists.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Publishing and Scholarly Communication
Research
Science
and Academia
Academic Writing and Publishing
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 8 February 2026
- Document type
- Preprint