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I would be a little wary of looking at acceptance rates as raw values. There are many more "paper mill" submissions to ASA journals now than there was 10 years ago. In my opinion, it is more interesting to look at the percentage of acceptance from the papers that get past the editors - acknowledging ...

In the past, I myself have been very quick to judge and get angry about this type of thing. In this situation, I would suggest reflecting calmly and enquiring with the Associate Editor as to what happened. No accusations of unethical behaviour, no judgements. Approach it as a reflection on the usefulness ...