People often rush to submit an article to a special issue related to their work? Why? What difference does it make if your article is in a themed issue? Do people think it increased chance of acceptance?
For the one I was involved with, it’s now an easy-to-remember place containing a lot of good & relevant papers. I’ll remember the issue where I might not remember every individual paper. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
The Biometrical Journal publishes papers on statistical methods and their applications to life sciences, encompassing medicine, environmental sciences & agriculture.
1. Rapid time-frame. 2. Tend to be well-cited, in part because of being near related papers. 3. Perception of more likely acceptance.
Because it makes them feel....special. Because they are. Jack.
I think it increases chance of acceptance so I imagine others think so too.