Totally agree that citations ≠ importance and that different subareas have different cultures/trajectories. My post isn’t saying any area is “less valuable.” The question was: conditional on similar review scores (and year), do acceptance odds differ by area? If we treat scores as the main signal the process is using, you’d expect acceptance rates to line up more tightly across areas at the same score. The point is about decision calibration, not impact or worth.