How to get your paper rejected
BMJ 2004; 329 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1469 (Published 16 December 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;329:1469All rapid responses
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Any finally...the best of all,
send it to the wrong address! that will make sure that your paper
does not get published even by chance.
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Ten Commandements on being rejected
1-Don’t feel yourself rejected. It’s your paper – not you.
2-Don’t feel alone . You share this (happy /unhappy) condition with miriad of others worldwide. You belong to the “ Legion “
3-Always blame others. Sure they are :
a.antisemitics
b.chauvinist
c.mercantilist
d.insensible to the truth
e.belonging to the “mafia “
f.medieval
g.cavernarians
h.troglodites
i.[space for your own prefered definition]
j.all of the above mentioned.
4-Don´t rewrite. Resend with minor changes. Be re-rejected. Realize yourself as “ multi “ or “world-wide “ rejected author.
5-Be creative. Found the “Journal of Rejected Papers “. Realize yourself as Chief Editor.
6-Imagine a multilingual edition (Limburgian, Papiamento and Pawnee editions at first, followed by others as Tibetan, Basque,Croatian, Tagal and Yiddish ).
7-Those who rejected you once, will seek your advice later and no doubt will offer you as much free printed copies as you need.
8-WWW. REJECTEDPAPERS.COM is waiting to be founded. What are you waiting for ?.
9-Return to your basic math: the satisfaction on being accepted is in direct relation to the times you’ve been rejected.
10-Be happy !!!. None of the above mentioned enriching situations would have been at your heart unless you were rejected.!!!!
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"Take two articles that nobody read and write a third
article that nobody will ever read" (Murhpy law)
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You should include as many comparisons as possible to ensure that the
Bonferroni bores amongst your reviewers are activated.
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In response to How to get your paper rejected!
This is in response to Dr. Horacio Plotkin's "How to get your paper
rejected" BMJ 2004;329:1469, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1469
Publish or perish, like Dr. Plotkin says, is a non-existent scenario
in most of the academic institutions these days! With the increasing
number of journals and e-publications, its very hard for a publication to
stay unpublished for a long time. There will always be that "someone" to
publish your article, as is , inspite of technical flaws, imaginative
conclutions from simple/no real results. While the Author got his article
rejected by major peer-reviewed journals, from the Lancet to Nature. His
repeated attempts to get the article published
was finally fruitful!
I like this article, and infact, would recommend to fellow colleagues
to browse through. With articles like this and a little "Reverse
Psychology", I think, a collective message can sent out..what not to do if
you want to get you paper published!
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