Rejection of Research paper is always part of the Research. Everyone has to face the rejection of the paper. Rejection of Research Paper helps to improve the quality of publications. Every journal has its own standard, own acceptance ratio, own parameters. Some major reasons for Research Paper Rejection are given below with different scenarios:
Rejection after Paper Submission:
After paper submission, the paper is rejected without review. Some of the major reasons may have:
The manuscript is not in Scope of the Journal
The writing quality of the research paper is not effective.
Formatting such as the proper template, length of the paper, etc is not suitable as per Journal guidelines.
The flow of contents in the manuscript is not good.
Experimental results are not available in the manuscript.
The comparative study is not available in the manuscript.
Recent papers are not included in the manuscript.
Recent papers are not used for comparative result analysis in the manuscript.
Rejection after Paper review:
If your paper is now under review, it means now your paper is going to be reviewed by the reviewers. The paper is generally reviewed by 2-5 reviewers. After reviewing the paper if the decision for your submission is rejected, don't worry. Mostly the comments of the reviewer are given to authors so that the author can improve the quality of the paper for a new submission. Some of the major reasons for rejection after reviewing may have:
The Technical quality of the research paper is poor.
The introduction section is weak due to the flow of content or poorly written literature.
The novelty of the proposed work is not found. (for research article)
The flow of technical contents in the manuscript is not effective.
The objective of the paper is not clear in the manuscript.
Experimental results are not satisfactory.
The comparative study is not satisfactory in the manuscript.
Recent literature is not included in the manuscript.
Recent papers are not used for comparative result analysis in the manuscript.
Result analysis may weak due to limited datasets, comparative analysis, so on.
The conclusion of the paper is not matched/effective with the objective of the paper.
Too many old references.
Rejection after Major/Minor revision:
After reviewing the paper if the decision for your submission is Major/Minor revision, it is good news and has a chance to do work hard on comments. Through those comments, the author can improve the quality of the paper and re-submit the paper as Major/Minor submission. The main decision is generally taken by the editor of the journal. Some of the major reasons for rejection after Major/Minor revision may have:
Your response of the reviewer comments is not satisfactory to reviewers.
It may possible, some of the reviewers are not satisfied with your work or your response.
It may possible, due to the unavailability of your previous reviewer, a new reviewer is assigned and that reviewer not satisfied with your work.