Every journal have one Editorial Board with some members and also connection with some referees. All article are primarily checked by some Editorial Board member.

Then it is sent to referees.

Everybody is human being. They have their own idea about research and article writing.

If anybody among them think that they have identified a reason to cancel your article, your article will be cancelled.

In high IF journals, as they are under pressure to select 1 among 10 articles or like that, they search exclusion criteria for articles.

That does not necessarily means that your research or article is not good.

There are many good journals.

Every journal have one Editorial Board with some members and also connection with some referees. All article are primarily checked by some Editorial Board member.

Then it is sent to referees.

Everybody is human being. They have their own idea about research and article writing.

If anybody among them think that they have identified a reason to cancel your article, your article will be cancelled.

In high IF journals, as they are under pressure to select 1 among 10 articles or like that, they search exclusion criteria for articles.

That does not necessarily means that your research or article is not good.

There are many good journals.

Dear shibabrata thank you so much for that informative writeup

No, by any means.

Rejections can be due to:

• the strict discipline orientation of the Editor
• the biases in choosing by gender, race, country of nationality etc
• the 'club status' of journal: publish only for members, although not declared officially

So dear Emmauel, don't worry!

Dear Demetris,

Noted. Thanks

Dear Demetris,

Noted. Thanks

It is strange that publishing company passing a rejection paper in their publication thereby showing their example of publicity for them self for under mining the writer for their article sent for publication with the company has rejected & subsequent create for publication their by the publication has placing the name of writer in an undignified manner .

This is my personal opinion

several resoans for rejection

sonetimes bad writing is the resoan

Not in all cases. It can range from a number of reasons such as the focus of the journal and its target interest, the technical certainty of the paper, the language or sentence structure, plagiarism and also lack of novelty. This list could be endless.

Not at all.

Not always. But, if the status of rejection of a manuscript from a journal remains unchanged in another journal, becoming a permanent situation, it means that the author should make a change concerning their manuscript.

Regards

I agree with Mohammad Ziaee.

I'm agree with Aristidis Matsoukis.

Thanks for asking this question.

Good Luck

Not necessarily. So many factor affect the decision of rejecting!

Rejection is not always a negative indicator

No it is a good motive to improve the whole process of research

Of course no,but rejection may be due to either technical reasons like:

• Incomplete data such as too small a sample size or missing or poor controls
• Poor analysis such as using inappropriate statistical tests or a lack of statistics altogether
• Inappropriate methodology for answering your hypothesis or using old methodology that has been surpassed by newer, more powerful methods that provide more robust results
• Weak research motive where your hypothesis is not clear or scientifically valid, or your data does not answer the question posed
• Inaccurate conclusions on assumptions that are not supported by your data.

Or it due to editorial reasons like:

• Out of scope for the journal
• Not enough of an advance or of enough impact for the journal
• Research ethics ignored such as consent from patients or approval from an ethics committee for animal research
• Lack of proper structure or not following journal formatting requirements
• Lack of the necessary detail for readers to fully understand and repeat the authors’ analysis and experiments
• Lack of up-to-date references or references containing a high proportion of self-citations
• Has poor language quality such that it cannot be understood by readers
• Difficult to follow logic or poorly presented data.
• Violation of publication ethics

Certainly not. Sometimes papers are rejected not because of lack of novelty in the work but because the author failed to follow the manuscript format of journals. Also, the paper may not be in within the scope of the journal.

I agree with Brother Dickson; scientific papers are usually rejected by a journal not because the paper lack novelty but the paper may not fit into the focus of the Journal.

I agree with Dr. Ali

Regards, Azzam

It probably means there was no room in this journal's publication (other articles were more exciting, but not necessarily more important or better).

Not always. Some times papers may rejected prior to review. It may be due to some technical reasons (already explained in detail by Dr. Ali Alhayany) or due to editorial issues as stated by Dr. Demetris Christopoulos and Dr. Shibabrata Pattanayak .

The issues pointed out by Dr. Demetris Christopoulos is genuine.

But if the rejection is after a peer-review process, there is some problem with the content of the paper.

I think that is depend on the contain of paper and writer .

best regard

Novelty is very important aspect in research.However, there are many reasons for rejection.

sometimes yes, rejections are due to lack of novelty in the manuscript. other times rejections may be due to the manuscript having a different focus from that of the paper. Sometimes it is due to poor presentation of the manuscript. Quite a number of rejections are due to unfair reviewers

No, focus on comments if given and try to improve on the paper, if rejection comes without reasons, well that is just suspicious.

There are many reasons for rejection as stated above, novelty is just one from many reasons. As a reviewer for some journals, when I reject a paper, I make sure to state the reasons clearly, so the author could easily spot the mistakes, recover the paper, and resubmit.

However, some reviewers/editors do not show the rejection reasons clearly, and this is not good for the authors, particularly, students and new comers.

I personally think that a review report should be professional and as good as a teacher notes to their students when they mark their assignments.

I wish I can upload an example here, but it is unethical to do so, even for teaching purposes.

Valuable answers.

Thanks to all

It could be the case but there are many other reasons for paper rejections.

Hi Emmanuel,

A few thoughts to consider:

1) Stay motivated, be persistent - If your article has been rejected, I would encourage you to keep trying. Most authors need to submit their manuscript to multiple journals before an editor expresses interest. Even then, the editor will routinely ask for changes (sometimes significant ones) before the article is formally "accepted". In my experience, authors will go through at least 3-4 cycles of revisions.

2) Seek guidance from peers - If you continue to face challenges, it may be worth asking a peer or colleague (preferably a more experienced one) to review your paper and share feedback. There may be something you haven't considered in your analysis. Sometimes simple changes can make a big difference!

3) Apply within reason - It's important to calibrate your expectations for which journals might reasonably consider your manuscript. If you're a first-time author, you probably don't want to submit your paper to the highest ranked journal in your field. Be humble about your capabilities - start with journals that have lower rankings and progressively build-up your portfolio of credentials over time.

4) Rewrite your abstract - Unfortunately, most authors treat the abstract as an afterthought. The abstract is arguably the single-most important element of your paper. It provides the reader with the first-impression of your research. The abstract should provide a clear, concise summary of your article and its key findings. Make it stand-out, make your reader want to continue reading!

5) Seek help from a professional editor - Sometimes the research is novel and unique, but the author may struggle communicating his/her message with the proper language. Poor grammar, sentence structure, spelling mistakes, and punctuation errors can make an article difficult to read. Seek-out assistance from a professional language editor to review your article and help you polish the content and flow of your paper.

Best regards,

Hamed Bazaz

JournalEdit - Founder, Managing Director

www.journaledit.com

Still depends and different from editor to another, it is Editorial opinions.

I really don't think it is. I would rather say, more work needs to be done to reach publishable standard.