Figure 127 Jul 2026From “What peer review deleted, the web kept.”

Referring domains: working-paper URL against version of record

Where the published paper has a third of the working-paper URL's referring domains, one system in four found it. Where it has a twentieth, none did.

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Figure 1Referring domains: working-paper URL against version of record

Source: DataForSEO Backlinks, bulk page summary, live index, 27 July 2026. URL-level counts. Working-paper URLs: nber.org/papers/w31161; ssrn.com abstract 4573321. Version-of-record URLs: academic.oup.com/qje/article/140/2/889/7990658; pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/orsc.2025.21838.

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What peer review deleted, the web kept.

Four assistants returned a figure the published paper does not contain; most cited material that did contain it when asked for the figure and its source.

27 Jul 2026

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Isoglu, S. (2026). Referring domains: working-paper URL against version of record [Figure]. isoglu.com. https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-what-peer-review-deleted-fig01/

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@misc{isoglu-2026-what-peer-review-deleted-fig01,
  author = {Isoglu, Sinan},
  title = {{Referring domains: working-paper URL against version of record}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Figure 1, isoglu.com},
  url = {https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-what-peer-review-deleted-fig01/},
  note = {From the essay {What peer review deleted, the web kept.}}
}

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  <figcaption>Figure 1: Referring domains: working-paper URL against version of record. Source: DataForSEO Backlinks, bulk page summary, live index, 27 July 2026. URL-level counts. Working-paper URLs: nber.org/papers/w31161; ssrn.com abstract 4573321. Version-of-record URLs: academic.oup.com/qje/article/140/2/889/7990658; pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/orsc.2025.21838. <a href="https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-what-peer-review-deleted-fig01/">View exhibit</a>.</figcaption>
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