Even if all guidelines are followed, a published may reject book chapters from publishing due to several reasons:
I. Technical reasons
- Incomplete data: Such as too small a sample size or missing or poor controls.
- Poor analysis: Such as using inappropriate statistical tests or a lack of statistics altogether.
- Inappropriate methodology: For answering your hypothesis or using old methodology that has been surpassed by newer, more powerful methods that provide more robust results.
- Weak research motive: Where your hypothesis is not clear or scientifically valid, or your data does not answer the question posed.
- Inaccurate conclusions: On assumptions that are not supported by your data.
II. Editorial reasons
- Out of scope: The content is not within the scope of the journal.
- Not enough of an advance or of enough impact: The content does not significantly advance the field or is not of enough impact for the journal.
- Research ethics ignored: Such as lack of consent from patients or approval from an ethics committee for animal research.
- Lack of proper structure or not following journal formatting requirements: The manuscript does not follow the required structure or format.
- Lack of necessary detail: For readers to fully understand and repeat the authors’ analysis and experiments.
- Lack of up-to-date references or references containing a high proportion of self-citations.
- Poor language quality: Such that it cannot be understood by readers.
- Difficult to follow logic or poorly presented data.
- Violation of publication ethics.
III. Conclusion
These rejection reasons can be avoided by investing enough time in reading around the subject area, carefully deciding on the topic to focus on, the hypothesis, and planning a comprehensive experiment. Also, following the journal-specific guidelines, ensuring you write a coherent paper in good English, and honestly assessing your work when deciding on a target journal.
IV. Suggestions
Here are some of the most well-written articles that you can refer to for effective writing:
- “Mitochondrial Dysfunction: Pathophysiology and Mitochondria-Targeted Drug Delivery Approaches”: This review provides a comprehensive overview of mitochondrial dysfunction and its role in various diseases. It also discusses the latest advancements in drug delivery approaches targeting mitochondria.
- “Recent Advancement in Therapeutic Strategies for Alzheimer’s Disease: Insights from Clinical Trials”: This review presents recent advancements in therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer’s disease, with a focus on insights gained from clinical trials.
These are well-structured, provide clear and concise information, and effectively use references to support their points. They can serve as good examples for learning how to draft a perfect manuscript. And keep in mind that, a good publication not only presents the information but also critically analyzes and synthesizes the existing literature on the topic. Happy reading!