Top 5 reasons for desk rejection and simple solutions for authors

While no one likes rejection, almost every research author has to deal with it at some point or other. Data collected by studying submissions from over 18 countries shows that rejection rates range from 22.6% to 73.4% across journals,¹ while top journals are known to routinely reject over 90% of the manuscripts submitted.² Rejection, especially desk rejection, happens to the best of us, but it is not the end of the road for researchers.