How much discretion do editors have to overrule the reviewers?
Editors do have the discretion to overrule reviewers, but they seldom use it. Only when there is some indication that reviewers have not carefully read the manuscript or if it was sent by error to someone who had strong feelings on the topic that resulted in a biased review would the editors step in. However, editors routinely use discretion when reviewers disagree on a manuscript and also use discretion in telling authors which critical comments are more serious. Editors may also use discretion to go with two reviews if the third one is intolerably late or to solicit an extra review if the first three do not provide sufficiently concrete advice about how to revise or what the shortcomings of a manuscript are.
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