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Feature Christmas 2015: The Publication Game

Rejection of rejection: a novel approach to overcoming barriers to publication

BMJ 2015; 351 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h6326 (Published 14 December 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;351:h6326

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Re: Rejection of rejection: a novel approach to overcoming barriers to publication

This has been a frequent and repeated meme in the US since about 1981 when a student rejected his university rejection, with basically the same verbiage
http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/rejection.asp

Competing interests: No competing interests

15 December 2015
John Meyer
Occupational Physician
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York