Notes from a workshop on ‘Writing for peer-reviewed journals’ run by Pat Thomson.
Reasons why reviewers and editors say they reject articles:
- Lack of focus – saying everything, focusing on nothing, cramming too much in one article
- Not locating the contribution and the position – for a particular audience, in relation to wider debates. the specific conversation int his journal
- Poor organisation – not guiding the reader, poor headings, not enough signposts, too many signposts
- Failing to convince the reader – does not adequately deal with the methodology
- Not significant – too local, done a lot, doesn’t add anything
- Sounding like a n00b rather than an equal – assumes significance, sounds tentative, overclaims