Actually, not true at all for medical papers.
For instance, take the Annals of Emergency Medicine (http://www.annemergmed.com/). More than 50% of corresponding authors use gmail.
For instance, take the Annals of Emergency Medicine (http://www.annemergmed.com/). More than 50% of corresponding authors use gmail.
It's way to easy for journals to fall prey to peer-review rings when they accept email addresses that are easily spoofed [0].
[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/1...