(This article was originally published at No Hesitations, and syndicated at StatsBlogs.)
Journals should not corral shorter papers into sections like "Shorter Papers". Doing so sends a subtle (actually unsubtle) message that shorter papers are basically second-class citizens, somehow less good, or less important, or less something -- not just less long -- than longer papers. If a paper is above the bar, then it's above the bar, and regardless of its length it should then be published simply as a paper, not a "shorter paper", or a "note", or anything else. Many shorter papers are much more important than the vast majority of longer papers.
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