Comments on: Rejection Letter to Professor Plumbago http://planning-research.com/rejection-letter-to-professor-plumbago/ essays on urban studies Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:39:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ray Burby http://planning-research.com/rejection-letter-to-professor-plumbago/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Ray Burby Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:38:00 +0000 http://planning-research.martacrane.com/?p=52#comment-59 This post brought back fond memories of rejection letters. One of my favorites, not sent to me, was the one from a Chinese journal the gist of which was, this article is so excellent that we can't possibly publishing it, since no futures articles could possible live up to the standard that would be set.<br /><br />My own favorite rection letter was in response to a research proposal rather than an article. The author of the rejection letter wrote to me that my proposal could not be funded because survey research was not an approved methodology. The agency was the Office Water Research and Technology in the U.S. Department of the Interior, which no longer exists (maybe for obvious reasons!).<br /><br />Ray Burby This post brought back fond memories of rejection letters. One of my favorites, not sent to me, was the one from a Chinese journal the gist of which was, this article is so excellent that we can’t possibly publishing it, since no futures articles could possible live up to the standard that would be set.

My own favorite rection letter was in response to a research proposal rather than an article. The author of the rejection letter wrote to me that my proposal could not be funded because survey research was not an approved methodology. The agency was the Office Water Research and Technology in the U.S. Department of the Interior, which no longer exists (maybe for obvious reasons!).

Ray Burby

]]> By: randall crane http://planning-research.com/rejection-letter-to-professor-plumbago/comment-page-1/#comment-58 randall crane Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:32:00 +0000 http://planning-research.martacrane.com/?p=52#comment-58 Again, I am only providing the venue here, dear editors especially, but I will add my favorite referee report in its entirety. I received this from a British economics journal some years ago, after a wait of perhaps 6 months. The report read, "I apologize for not having time to fully review this paper, but I favour rejection as the results are obvious." Again, I am only providing the venue here, dear editors especially, but I will add my favorite referee report in its entirety. I received this from a British economics journal some years ago, after a wait of perhaps 6 months. The report read, “I apologize for not having time to fully review this paper, but I favour rejection as the results are obvious.”

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