SCI 文章被拒是一种怎样的体验？
今天决定做一件强心脏的事情，把这些年收到拒信都找出来看一看，戳到痛点的地方加粗处理（我大概是魔鬼吧），大概有12封（不全），可分为以下几类，大家感受一下。 类型一：我们不合适，趁早分开，对大家都好 伤害指数：一颗星 类型 二：他们（reviewer）说你不够好，我“不得已”要和你分开 ，很遗憾我们不能在一起了 伤害指数：两颗星 The reviewers recommend that the manuscript not be accepted for publication in the XXX. Unfortunately, I must agree with their recommendation. （2017-06-16） The reviewers cannot find enough statements and evidence for the above clarifications in the present paper version. Overall, I concur with the reviewers. Based on the publication criteria and standards of XXX, I cannot help but reject the paper. We know that this may come as a disappointment, but hope you can use the reviews to improve the paper. （2018-03-06） Thank you for choosing XXX as the publication outlet for your paper. As can be seen in the detailed comments, these reviewers had raised a certain number of major concerns indicating that the paper’s overall quality cannot meet the publication criteria of XXX. （2018-09-17） Unfortunately, I therefore have to inform you that the outcome of the process has not been positive. Based on the reviewers' comments and their recommendations and my own reading of your paper, I regret to tell you that your manuscript is not suitable for publication in the XXX. (2018-11-05) However, in view of the comments of the reviewers found at the bottom of this letter, your manuscript has been denied publication in XXX. （2019-06-07） 类型三：你配不上我，请你有点自知之明，不要再缠着我啦 伤害指数：一万颗星 I regret to inform you that I have decided not to send your manuscript to our reviewers for their comments and evaluation. In my assessment, the potential contributions that it might provide to our current knowledge of business ethics are relatively limited and do not exist to the degree that we would expect for a manuscript to be considered for publication in the XXX. Therefore, I am sorry to tell you that we are unable to publish your manuscript in the XXX. （2017-08-28） In my assessment, the paper does not have potential to make a contribution that is likely to successfully pass rigorous peer review with our editorial review board. The unique contribution of the research does not come across in the positioning of the manuscript.  In addition, the conceptual development is confusing.  Finally, the results are based on one scenario-based survey which limits the generalizability of the findings. Thus, upon completing my review of your manuscript, I do not see this work as suitable for XXX. Given these perceptions, rather than have you wait several months for what I believe would be an unfavorable outcome, I have decided not to accept your work for further consideration in the XXX. （2018-03-22） The paper, as it currently stands, is primarily a review paper on an initiative without a vigorous methodology and much new scientific value. Hence, we are not sending it for peer reviews. (2019-06-03) 类型四：你不配入我的法眼，我的助理机器人就把给你拒了 伤害指数：无所谓了啦 We are writing to let you know the status of this submission has changed to Rejected. (2019-04-08） 体验？从最初好像被当头一棒的感觉，到难过一下马上修改修改找另一个期刊投稿，到现在从第一次投稿就安排好被拒之后的再投计划列出alternatives 1，2，3，深感接受被拒就是科研生活的一部分，除了坚持不放弃这个老套的做法好像没有什么更好的解决办法。 这大概是“著作等身”的必经之路吧。。。 建议大家和这个回答联系起来看。。。  昨天又经历了一场悲剧，一篇paper已经二审，一审提了几个可以解决的问题，二审回来居然拒了！这个editor是在玩弄我的感情吗！ Reviewer就简简单单几句话：The authors claim that SEM would allow to identify causal relationships.  Well, this is not true... The results of the hypothesis testing are just correlational, not causal. In sum, I am not convinced with the contribution of this study -- the empirical findings are not causal and also, I do not see any specific methodological contribution.（2019-09-27） Editor更是冷酷的很：As you can see, although one reviewer is now satisfied, the other reviewer does not think this paper makes sufficient contribution. The reviewer pointed out the empirical findings do not reveal causality. I regret to inform you that we must therefore reject your manuscript.（2019-09-27） 质疑SEM这个已经很成熟的方法，为什么不在一审直接提出？！说SEM只是基于correlation，不能说明causality，那我讨论那么多supporting theory干嘛？写那么长的hypothesis development干嘛的？就是为了佐证correlation的导向呀！大晚上的，心塞塞的。 今天收到一份良心审稿意见，简直感动不已，分享一点感受吧，写在这个回答里（2019-11-25）。 这个回答一直陆续有人点赞，谢谢大家，最近几个月没有被拒，都没什么更新的素材了，哈哈哈，祝大家新年快乐（2019-12-27） 小更新，大年初三，又悲剧了，又是二审！一审的reviewer都OK了，半路杀出reviewer 3！（2020-1-27） 忍无可忍，我决定拒了也要怼回去，当天就写了一篇长长的preliminary response letter, 等了一个来月，以为editor已经在重新考虑了，结果收到下面这个回复，真是没想到呀没想到： First, please accept my apologies for such a delayed response. For personal/family reasons, I have recently resigned from XXX （editor撂挑子了！？）. Regarding this paper, the original R2 was unable to review the revised manuscript for unfortunate reasons. As such, I enlisted the help of a trusted EAB member (R3) to assume his role and provide additional feedback. Unfortunately, his comments reinforced some of my own concerns and I decided that this paper would have very little probability of successfully moving forward in the process. On a personal note, I really like the idea behind your paper and believe that, with the proper refinement, it will find a very good home. If you revise the paper as you suggest here, you might have good luck at XXX（一个已经拒掉我的journal）in particular. I sincerely wish you the best of luck with this paper, and in your future research. 想过可能还是被拒，想过可能R3看了我的回复回心转意，想过可能editor找新的reviewer重审，千算万算没想到editor拍拍屁股走人了！？这个editor上任没多久，这个journal也是业内不错并且行情看涨的，这editor真是有够玄幻的。。。（2020-02-20） 如果大家愿意，被拒了心情不好的时候就来我的留言区吐槽吧！至少人多能分担一点点痛苦！大家加油！