From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 09:13:30 -0700 https://www.wired.com/2017/04/elusive-math-proof-found-almost-lost/amp/ This article about an obscure German statistician discovering an important proof is mostly above my head, but I picked out this paragraph. The item was published first on arxiv.org, but now it was published by an obscure author in a minor journal on the Indian subcontinent with the author on its editorial board. Accordingly, it took a long time for serious researchers in the field to become aware of the work. "Proofs of obscure provenance are sometimes overlooked at first, but usually not for long: A major paper like Royen’s would normally get submitted and published somewhere like the Annals of Statistics, experts said, and then everybody would hear about it. But Royen, not having a career to advance, chose to skip the slow and often demanding peer-review process typical of top journals. He opted instead for quick publication in the Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, a periodical based in Allahabad, India, that was largely unknown to experts and which, on its website, rather suspiciously listed Royen as an editor. (He had agreed to join the editorial board the year before.)" Jim O'Donnell ASU