The “guitar groups are on the way out” problem

Fabio Rojas at Orgtheory

I find it interesting that I almost never hear anyone take back a review. Some famous articles have been rejected at one or more journals. Theory of the Firm was rejected, as was the DiMaggio and Powell iron cage article, I believe. There’s a saying in science departments: The history of science is strewn with articles rejected by Nature and Science. Most people don’t like to admit they were wrong, but I would expect at least a few people would fess up and explain why, at the time, they thought their review of a now famous article was (or remains) justified. Any examples?

Any examples in political science?

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