How do different values affect peer review and how do these influence editorial decisions, asks Daniel Scott Smith? Very different reviews can make decisions uncertain.

Across STEM, they find accuracy and novelty are the most important values in peer review reports, social factors (biases) have little effect, and dissensus increases editorial gatekeeping. It doesn't matter if reviewers disagree.

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