What are the main reasons for a manuscript rejection?

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Edmond Sanganyado

The top reason is you submitted to the wrong journal - out of scope. Then there is sloppy writing, to many grammatical errors. Here is a too list from an Editor.

https://www.elsevier.com/connect/8-reasons-i-rejected-your-article

Daniel Gutiérrez Sánchez

Thank you Edmond.

Subir Bandyopadhyay

I agree with Edmond. Another reason is submission in high standard journals without any adequate depth in the work.