Rejection of rejection of rejection: a novel approach to overcoming barriers to publication
Dear Cath, dear Tim,
We kindly thank you for your rejection of rejection article1 but we regret to say that we reject it. As readers of high quality standards journals, we read over 800 articles a year and yet agree to less than 10%. This is an interesting topic and we applaud this effort. Though, we are unsure of the meaning to give to “a manscript rejection”. Indeed, scripting a rejection scenario would make sense in order to alleviate its moral impact on authors1, but a spelling mistake seems equally likely in this context. We have high quality standards for rejection rejection letters, and our policy is to only agree to clear and nonequivocal articles. Therefore, we hope you will understand that due to this imprecision, we have to reject your rejection of rejection article.
Yours sincerely,
Benedicte Sautenet & Adrien Bigot
2 Chapman C, Slade T. Rejection of rejection: a novel approach to overcoming barriers to publication BMJ 2015;351 :h6326.
1 Besser A, Priel B. Dependency, self-criticism and negative affective responses following imaginary rejection and failure threats: meaning-making processes as moderators or mediators. Psychiatry. 2011 Spring;74(1):31-40.
Competing interests:
No competing interests
22 December 2015
Benedicte Sautenet
MD,PhD
Bigot Adrien, MD, Internal Medicine Department, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France
Centre for Kidney Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia; University Francois Rabelais, Tours, France
Centre for Kidney Research, Westmead Hospital, WestMead, NSW 2145, Australia
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Rejection of rejection of rejection: a novel approach to overcoming barriers to publication
Dear Cath, dear Tim,
We kindly thank you for your rejection of rejection article1 but we regret to say that we reject it. As readers of high quality standards journals, we read over 800 articles a year and yet agree to less than 10%. This is an interesting topic and we applaud this effort. Though, we are unsure of the meaning to give to “a manscript rejection”. Indeed, scripting a rejection scenario would make sense in order to alleviate its moral impact on authors1, but a spelling mistake seems equally likely in this context. We have high quality standards for rejection rejection letters, and our policy is to only agree to clear and nonequivocal articles. Therefore, we hope you will understand that due to this imprecision, we have to reject your rejection of rejection article.
Yours sincerely,
Benedicte Sautenet & Adrien Bigot
2 Chapman C, Slade T. Rejection of rejection: a novel approach to overcoming barriers to publication BMJ 2015;351 :h6326.
1 Besser A, Priel B. Dependency, self-criticism and negative affective responses following imaginary rejection and failure threats: meaning-making processes as moderators or mediators. Psychiatry. 2011 Spring;74(1):31-40.
Competing interests: No competing interests