Am I crazy ? - a paper rejected despite the good reviews (Jul/08/2008 )
QUOTE (nanna @ Jul 9 2008, 01:25 PM)
QUOTE (Madrius @ Jul 8 2008, 09:20 PM)
Regarding your case, you should check if the editor is working in your field. Our lab's paper have been rejected only because the editor was working in the same area.. And not only were the paper refused, but the editor's paper got published shortly after, with our ideas and conclusions.
Actually, the editor is working in the same field.
I thought that was a good thing. 
Now I feel like an idiot. Thanks everybody for their advice and support.
Nanna
That's very sad.
-Minnie Mouse-
QUOTE (nanna @ Jul 8 2008, 08:54 AM)
This is my first post on this forum. So far I have been just reading and have found many useful things here. So, I hope you can give me your opinion / advice on this:
My boss says this happened because we didin t have any famous names on the otherwise good paper and that in high IF journals that is the only way to get accepted. I am really dissapointed and sort of sad. I mean, if it is true what she says - this is really terrible - this is not how it should be in science. What is the point of doing good science if good journals (or are they really good?) are the closed clubs of friends who publish each others work.
Am I the only one who thinks this is crazy? Or am I the one who is crazy ?
Thanks for reading this
Nanna
My boss says this happened because we didin t have any famous names on the otherwise good paper and that in high IF journals that is the only way to get accepted. I am really dissapointed and sort of sad.
I mean, if it is true what she says - this is really terrible - this is not how it should be in science. What is the point of doing good science if good journals (or are they really good?) are the closed clubs of friends who publish each others work.Am I the only one who thinks this is crazy? Or am I the one who is crazy ?
Thanks for reading this
Nanna
Sure!
Just some bits of caution:
1. Your boss may be fuzzing the truth that the study was indeed not high impact.
2. She may herself be under false impression of closed clubs.
3. famous names are important everywhere, science is not detached from human experience and emotions: yet. Fame lends immediate credibility to the study and its importance. 's why.
4. You do your job. One day it will be recognized if it is high-quality. many Nobel prize winning studies were not published in any great journals.
5. In fact, you might have read the story of creator of this website (I think..correct me if I am wrong) in Nature.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v448/...ll/448855a.html
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-cellcounter-
QUOTE (nanna @ Jul 9 2008, 02:25 PM)
QUOTE (Madrius @ Jul 8 2008, 09:20 PM)
Regarding your case, you should check if the editor is working in your field. Our lab's paper have been rejected only because the editor was working in the same area.. And not only were the paper refused, but the editor's paper got published shortly after, with our ideas and conclusions.
Actually, the editor is working in the same field.
I thought that was a good thing. Now I feel like an idiot. Thanks everybody for their advice and support.
Nanna
Don't get discouraged! Nobody knows everything, Nanna, and these "science undergrounds" are no exceptions. Take this as an experience, something that will make you grow. And stop feeling like an idiot. Idiots don't ask questions ^^
-Madrius-
Hi guys,
So, here is an update to my paper saga 
My paper (finally) got accepted to a good journal (IF 7). I guess you just have to be persistent.
Thanks again for everyone`s support and encouraging words.
Nanna
-nanna-
QUOTE (nanna @ Jul 8 2008, 08:54 AM)
This is my first post on this forum. So far I have been just reading and have found many useful things here. So, I hope you can give me your opinion / advice on this:
I have submitted my paper to a journal with quite a high IF. The reviewers comments were good (an example: The manuscript is well presented and makes interesting reading. The study is well done and the data analysis adequate...), but the editor decided to reject the paper because it didn t have high enough priority score (what exactly does that mean and how it is assigned?). My boss says this happened because we didin t have any famous names on the otherwise good paper and that in high IF journals that is the only way to get accepted. I am really dissapointed and sort of sad. I mean, if it is true what she says - this is really terrible - this is not how it should be in science. What is the point of doing good science if good journals (or are they really good?) are the closed clubs of friends who publish each others work.
Am I the only one who thinks this is crazy? Or am I the one who is crazy ?
Thanks for reading this
Nanna
I have submitted my paper to a journal with quite a high IF. The reviewers comments were good (an example: The manuscript is well presented and makes interesting reading. The study is well done and the data analysis adequate...), but the editor decided to reject the paper because it didn t have high enough priority score (what exactly does that mean and how it is assigned?). My boss says this happened because we didin t have any famous names on the otherwise good paper and that in high IF journals that is the only way to get accepted. I am really dissapointed and sort of sad.
I mean, if it is true what she says - this is really terrible - this is not how it should be in science. What is the point of doing good science if good journals (or are they really good?) are the closed clubs of friends who publish each others work.Am I the only one who thinks this is crazy? Or am I the one who is crazy ?
Thanks for reading this
Nanna
the editor is the last to decide; if he/she thinks an ms will not appeal to many readers, and has enough more hopeful papers, then those will be published; write to the editor and try to get some advice...
-The Bearer-
Very sad.. that is as science is (unfortunately). Network and Connections are everything.
If you do not have them,...
Keep on trying.
GL
-AdoMad-