【被退稿嗎? 專家教你寫＂反退稿信 (Rejection of rejection letter)＂】
俗話說：人在江湖飄，哪有不挨刀?
投稿就有退稿 (rejection)，但每次都收到那制式、公版的退稿信是否讓你厭煩呢?
好歹這也是我們辛苦的結晶吧!!
如果你想吶喊、想爭一口氣，教你寫＂ 反退稿信 (Rejection of rejection letter)＂
Rejection of rejection letter
[insert university emblem here]
Dear Professor [insert name of editor]
[Re: MS 2015_XXXX Insert title of ground-breaking study here]
Thank you for your rejection of the above manuscript.
Unfortunately we are not able to accept it at this time. As you are probably aware we receive many rejections each year and are simply not able to accept them all. In fact, with increasing pressure on citation rates and fiercely competitive funding structures we typically accept fewer than 30% of the rejections we receive. Please don’t take this as a reflection of your work. The standard of some of the rejections we receive is very high.
In terms of the specific factors influencing our decision the failure by Assessor 1 to realise the brilliance of the study was certainly one of them. Simply stating “this study is neither novel nor interesting and does not extend knowledge in this area” is not reason enough. This, coupled with the use of Latin quotes by Assessor 2, rendered an acceptance of your rejection extremely unlikely.
We do wish you and your editorial team every success with your rejections in the future and hope they find safe harbour elsewhere. To this end, may we suggest you send one to [insert name of rival research group] for consideration. They accept rejections from some very influential journals.
Please understand that our decision regarding your rejection is final. We have uploaded the final manuscript in its original form, along with the signed copyright transfer form.
We look forward to receiving the proofs and to working with you in the future.
Yours sincerely
Dr [insert name here]
[Insert research group acronym here]
[Insert university here]
連格式都幫你擬好了，填上名字、機構就可以直接送出了，讓主編們也收一收制式、公版的反退稿信吧!!
附上小編不專業惡搞翻譯如下：
你們退我的稿我們不能接受，對於你們退稿的理由，我們覺得沒新意又老梗，請你們瞭解，我們心意已決，我們已經把一模一樣的稿件重新上傳了，還有你們要的那一堆哩哩叩叩冗件，我們期待你們的認可 (接受稿件就對了)，我們未來有緣再見!!
嗯～如果真的這樣就寄回去，應該...也沒人理你吧!!
本篇引用自：BMJ 2015;351:h6326. http://goo.gl/PTWNFF
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