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問題: 期刊編輯因為找不到審稿人而拒稿,這樣對嗎?
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嗨,我說一下我的論文投稿狀況。我是在 6 月 27 號投稿的,然后在 7 月 12 日收到大修的結果。編輯發來的信里面沒有審稿人的意見,只有編輯提出的意見,我想確定自己沒有漏掉任何信息,同時對編輯的意見也有一些問題,所以我給期刊寫信了。兩天后我收到回信,期刊要我再等兩天,他們已經通知編輯我提出的問題。接著在 7 月 24 日星期一,我收到郵件說我的論文被拒了,下面是郵件的部分內容:
I am sorry to inform you that despite much effort we have been unable to obtain appropriate referees for your manuscript in a timely manner. Because we believe it is unfair to hold on to the manuscript for too long we hand it back to you and we are closing your file, so that you may submit it elsewhere. We wish you all the best in finding an alternative venue for your research. We did obtain one reviewer report on your manuscript. While we do not feel able to make a decision on whether your manuscript is publishable based on this single report, we do paste the referee’s comments below in the hope that they will be of use when submitting your manuscript elsewhere. I am aware we issued a decision for major revisions earlier. As you have noticed, that decision email did not contain a reviewer report which was an oversight on our part and we would like to sincerely apologize for that. After we issued the wrong decision to you, we have invited additional reviewers in the hope we would be able to provide you with a report. Unfortunately, our efforts were unsuccessful and we have exhausted our reviewer pool. At this point, we can only hand the manuscript back to you and I sincerely hope you will quickly find another journal for your manuscript.
我的問題是:如果期刊認為“Overall, the data in this manuscript are useful and interesting, but major revisions will be needed before it should be considered for publication.”但卻把論文給拒了,這樣對嗎?沒有審稿人,沒有提供審稿報告是他們的錯吧?我有種感覺,如果我當初沒有開口,乖乖的改好論文投回去,說不定就接受了。有人遇到跟我一樣的情況嗎?我該怎么辦?謝謝!
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Answer-china
就像編輯在信中所說的,這是期刊方面的疏失,而一開始給的大修決定是錯的。因此如果像你說的,當初沒有回信過去,論文是否就會接受了,這點很難說。但既然這明顯的是個錯誤,一旦期刊發現了,一定會拒絕你的稿件,我認為你回信詢問反而是好的,因為如果再晚一點發現,你可能會更失望。
現在,你有兩個選擇,根據期刊的建議撤銷投稿,或是提出申訴。但編輯也提到了,他們已經翻遍審稿人人選都沒有適合的人,所以即使提出申訴可能也沒有辦法改變這個決定,除非你能提供審稿人選。如果你能建議可以審稿的人,而有至少一個人接受審稿邀請,那你就有第二次的機會。另一個選項就是照期刊的建議撤稿,改投別的期刊。
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