How do you cope with rejection of your research paper by impact factor journals?
Rejection of articles with reputable journals does not necessarily mean your work is not good. I mainly may have two reasons if you have put sinciere efforts on preparing your paper. First of all , your paper might not fit to their scope. In this case you will get a quick rejection. If that's the case try to find a suitable house for your work. As a good indicator, the one which you cited the most , is the most related journal to your paper.
The other reason may be that your paper is not ready yet. It may be due to the stage of your thesis. Most of good journals require full research paperd. This doesn't mean a paper from the whole study, but a paper covering one objective and of course with primary data. If you do not have it yet, please be patient, until you get to that point.
The other meaning of not being ready is you have not structured your good work well. This rejection is a good opportunity, to take on board the comments, and improve your work. Don't be disappointed, juts submit to another journal. Do it until getting acceptance.
I hope it could help.
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