I got the following comment from a reputed math journal. What does it mean?
I got this comment after more than 75 days of submission:
The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals.
What does it mean?
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I got this comment after more than 75 days of submission:
The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals.
What does it mean?
mathematics feedback
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I would considered politely asking for a clarification. It is quite a cryptic message you've got there.
– Gabriel
13 hours ago
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I would politely ask for a copy of the reviews sent from the reviewers to the editor. Normally, one would get a copy of those. The otherwise fluent English used in the letter suggests to me that the comment is not written by the editor but one of the reviewers. Please note that you work is not being classified as bad or wrong. Rightly or wrongly it is judged to be within the grasp of too many. While rejection is always unpleasant, you should not ignore this distinction. By the way, a 75 day wait is very short. Many manuscript take much longer to process.
– Carl Christian
12 hours ago
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I would suggest against asking for a clarification. This seems like the whole text of the review. The English is lacking, but the outcome is clear: your paper is (allegedly) way too simple for this journal. Right or wrong, that's their decision. You have little to gain by arguing. After such a comment, there isn't much that you can write that would make the editor reconsider. If they had doubts about the review, they would already have invited another reviewer. Move on, and submit it somewhere else.
– Federico Poloni
12 hours ago
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No, a paper need not be hard to grasp to be publishable. But it needs to deal with a problem of interest to the mathematical community, and whatever the reviewer meant precisely, it is clear that they do not believe the problem to be in this category.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
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Unfortunately, sometimes reviewers don't do a good job reviewing. Worse, sometimes a problem can be very tough and then seem trivial once one has seen the solution. My advice is to send the paper to another journal, probably a slightly weaker one than you saw previously, and make sure that the paper has a detailed section illustrating what prior work has been done on the problem and why people care. that should do a better job getting a reviewer to realize the paper is interesting and non-trivial.
– JoshuaZ
10 hours ago
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I got this comment after more than 75 days of submission:
The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals.
What does it mean?
mathematics feedback
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I got this comment after more than 75 days of submission:
The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals.
What does it mean?
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I would considered politely asking for a clarification. It is quite a cryptic message you've got there.
– Gabriel
13 hours ago
3
I would politely ask for a copy of the reviews sent from the reviewers to the editor. Normally, one would get a copy of those. The otherwise fluent English used in the letter suggests to me that the comment is not written by the editor but one of the reviewers. Please note that you work is not being classified as bad or wrong. Rightly or wrongly it is judged to be within the grasp of too many. While rejection is always unpleasant, you should not ignore this distinction. By the way, a 75 day wait is very short. Many manuscript take much longer to process.
– Carl Christian
12 hours ago
13
I would suggest against asking for a clarification. This seems like the whole text of the review. The English is lacking, but the outcome is clear: your paper is (allegedly) way too simple for this journal. Right or wrong, that's their decision. You have little to gain by arguing. After such a comment, there isn't much that you can write that would make the editor reconsider. If they had doubts about the review, they would already have invited another reviewer. Move on, and submit it somewhere else.
– Federico Poloni
12 hours ago
2
No, a paper need not be hard to grasp to be publishable. But it needs to deal with a problem of interest to the mathematical community, and whatever the reviewer meant precisely, it is clear that they do not believe the problem to be in this category.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
3
Unfortunately, sometimes reviewers don't do a good job reviewing. Worse, sometimes a problem can be very tough and then seem trivial once one has seen the solution. My advice is to send the paper to another journal, probably a slightly weaker one than you saw previously, and make sure that the paper has a detailed section illustrating what prior work has been done on the problem and why people care. that should do a better job getting a reviewer to realize the paper is interesting and non-trivial.
– JoshuaZ
10 hours ago
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I would considered politely asking for a clarification. It is quite a cryptic message you've got there.
– Gabriel
13 hours ago
3
I would politely ask for a copy of the reviews sent from the reviewers to the editor. Normally, one would get a copy of those. The otherwise fluent English used in the letter suggests to me that the comment is not written by the editor but one of the reviewers. Please note that you work is not being classified as bad or wrong. Rightly or wrongly it is judged to be within the grasp of too many. While rejection is always unpleasant, you should not ignore this distinction. By the way, a 75 day wait is very short. Many manuscript take much longer to process.
– Carl Christian
12 hours ago
13
I would suggest against asking for a clarification. This seems like the whole text of the review. The English is lacking, but the outcome is clear: your paper is (allegedly) way too simple for this journal. Right or wrong, that's their decision. You have little to gain by arguing. After such a comment, there isn't much that you can write that would make the editor reconsider. If they had doubts about the review, they would already have invited another reviewer. Move on, and submit it somewhere else.
– Federico Poloni
12 hours ago
2
No, a paper need not be hard to grasp to be publishable. But it needs to deal with a problem of interest to the mathematical community, and whatever the reviewer meant precisely, it is clear that they do not believe the problem to be in this category.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
3
Unfortunately, sometimes reviewers don't do a good job reviewing. Worse, sometimes a problem can be very tough and then seem trivial once one has seen the solution. My advice is to send the paper to another journal, probably a slightly weaker one than you saw previously, and make sure that the paper has a detailed section illustrating what prior work has been done on the problem and why people care. that should do a better job getting a reviewer to realize the paper is interesting and non-trivial.
– JoshuaZ
10 hours ago
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I would considered politely asking for a clarification. It is quite a cryptic message you've got there.
– Gabriel
13 hours ago
I would considered politely asking for a clarification. It is quite a cryptic message you've got there.
– Gabriel
13 hours ago
3
3
I would politely ask for a copy of the reviews sent from the reviewers to the editor. Normally, one would get a copy of those. The otherwise fluent English used in the letter suggests to me that the comment is not written by the editor but one of the reviewers. Please note that you work is not being classified as bad or wrong. Rightly or wrongly it is judged to be within the grasp of too many. While rejection is always unpleasant, you should not ignore this distinction. By the way, a 75 day wait is very short. Many manuscript take much longer to process.
– Carl Christian
12 hours ago
I would politely ask for a copy of the reviews sent from the reviewers to the editor. Normally, one would get a copy of those. The otherwise fluent English used in the letter suggests to me that the comment is not written by the editor but one of the reviewers. Please note that you work is not being classified as bad or wrong. Rightly or wrongly it is judged to be within the grasp of too many. While rejection is always unpleasant, you should not ignore this distinction. By the way, a 75 day wait is very short. Many manuscript take much longer to process.
– Carl Christian
12 hours ago
13
13
I would suggest against asking for a clarification. This seems like the whole text of the review. The English is lacking, but the outcome is clear: your paper is (allegedly) way too simple for this journal. Right or wrong, that's their decision. You have little to gain by arguing. After such a comment, there isn't much that you can write that would make the editor reconsider. If they had doubts about the review, they would already have invited another reviewer. Move on, and submit it somewhere else.
– Federico Poloni
12 hours ago
I would suggest against asking for a clarification. This seems like the whole text of the review. The English is lacking, but the outcome is clear: your paper is (allegedly) way too simple for this journal. Right or wrong, that's their decision. You have little to gain by arguing. After such a comment, there isn't much that you can write that would make the editor reconsider. If they had doubts about the review, they would already have invited another reviewer. Move on, and submit it somewhere else.
– Federico Poloni
12 hours ago
2
2
No, a paper need not be hard to grasp to be publishable. But it needs to deal with a problem of interest to the mathematical community, and whatever the reviewer meant precisely, it is clear that they do not believe the problem to be in this category.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
No, a paper need not be hard to grasp to be publishable. But it needs to deal with a problem of interest to the mathematical community, and whatever the reviewer meant precisely, it is clear that they do not believe the problem to be in this category.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
3
3
Unfortunately, sometimes reviewers don't do a good job reviewing. Worse, sometimes a problem can be very tough and then seem trivial once one has seen the solution. My advice is to send the paper to another journal, probably a slightly weaker one than you saw previously, and make sure that the paper has a detailed section illustrating what prior work has been done on the problem and why people care. that should do a better job getting a reviewer to realize the paper is interesting and non-trivial.
– JoshuaZ
10 hours ago
Unfortunately, sometimes reviewers don't do a good job reviewing. Worse, sometimes a problem can be very tough and then seem trivial once one has seen the solution. My advice is to send the paper to another journal, probably a slightly weaker one than you saw previously, and make sure that the paper has a detailed section illustrating what prior work has been done on the problem and why people care. that should do a better job getting a reviewer to realize the paper is interesting and non-trivial.
– JoshuaZ
10 hours ago
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My educated guess is that the reviewer is a native speaker of German and mistranslated some terms into English:
The German word Übung translates both to practice and to exercise.
In German universities, höhere Mathematik (literally: higher mathematics) was used as a label for mathematics courses for students of other scientific fields or engineering. At times, this only referred to the calculus courses (and not the linear-algebra courses). In particular, these courses usually focus on applying mathematical concepts and do not compare to courses for students of mathematics. (I wouldn’t be surprised if you can still find this label in use somewhere.)
If my guess is correct, the reviewers comment means something along the lines of:
This manuscript is just a (demonstrative) exercise in undergraduate mathematics and therefore not suitable for publication in a high-level journal.
So, your manuscript was rejected because it allegedly does not feature any new mathematics.
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I came to a similar conclusion without thinking about it being a translation issue: the problem is (already) a practice in {some kind of} mathematics, therefore it's not suitable as a paper for a high-level journal (which only publishes novel things).
– Mehrdad
30 mins ago
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Seems to me that there's a missing word, and the correct comment might be something more like:
The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high school mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals.
In other words, your manuscript is too simple to be published in an academic journal.
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Even then, it is a strange formulation, but I suppose the one writing it might not be great at English ("a practice" does not really make sense here on its own).
– Tobias Kildetoft
18 hours ago
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"a practice" instead of "an exercise" could be poor translation from a different language
– Thomas
18 hours ago
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Could be. Or maybe they mean something like "a (standard) practice in higher mathematics." Either way, a poorly written comment indicating that the paper's contribution is not sufficiently significant.
– cag51
16 hours ago
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@Allure So you need to get this correction to the editor, not the OP...
– Solar Mike
13 hours ago
3
Unfortunately it means that the manuscript is rejected. The only thing you can do is being disappointed that it took almost three months to receive an answer (that in addition might be poorly written).
– Alchimista
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This seems really odd. Is this the journal you submitted to?
Why
It took 75 days to receive a 1 sentence answer in English that makes no sense.
Even if it was high-school level, any peer reviewer would be expected to write more than a single bad English sentence.
There should be multiple reviews, and the editor should have sent a single sentence review back for more details without being asked.
What to do
If you are a grad student, take this to your advisor. There is a good chance they can contact the editor, and will have more clout than you (unless you are a professor).
If you are affiliated with a university, ask others in the field about it. If there are multiple people with single sentence reviews, push back on the conference as a group.
At least reach out to the editor. Say
I'm not sure what this sentence means. This is the only review I
received from my submission, and I'm not sure what it means or why my paper was rejected.
EDIT:
I thought it might be a desk rejection, but the message isn't boilerplate. I'm also not convinced the review meant "high-school".
Reasoning
If it was a high-school caliber entry, and the editor caught it, why not send a form letter or ignore it?
I have a difficult time seeing how "high-school math" can be anything but an insult. Why not just use words like stupid outright?
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About the multiple reviews and just one sentence: It could be a desk rejection coming from the editor, so it may not even been sent to the reviewers. And if the paper is really bad, there's no point in writing a detailed rejection.
– Massimo Ortolano
9 hours ago
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If someone sends math at high school level to a journal, why should I as a reviewer write more than one line pointing that out? If it truly is an exercise in high school math, then there is nothing that will make it publishable, and it will be a waste of my time to try to point out things that might make it so. And it is very common for even very good math journals to have just a single reviewer.
– Tobias Kildetoft
8 hours ago
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Just because the journal uses English language, doesn't mean that English is necessarily the first language of any given reviewer. I also doubt that "high school" is the correct implication. I'm strongly thinking "higher mathematics".
– Buffy
5 hours ago
@Buffy - I was thinking something like that too. "Highly-theoretical" was my though.
– sevensevens
4 hours ago
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The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics...
In context, I would translate this into native English as:
In higher mathematics, the problem considered in this manuscript is just an exercise...
In other words, a routine calculation that has nothing new to say. Sorry.
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The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals
Probably he means "high school". But, Gauss found many solutions in his high school years... Nobody exactly defined where "high school" ends. Because in my high school, I modelled Frank-Hertz experiment. With complicated enough approach this could become Plasma Physics article, enough for publication in any scientific grade journal.
Another probability is that they think subject lies in field of "high mathematics", and they understand it as "mathematical analysis". It exists in some high school programs, but generally considered university discipline, rather then school. Again, it is actually possible to create problem inside mathematical analysis and solve it, creating material of grade which is enough for publication anywhere.
Also you can always publish it in journals for PhD/high school students, which have lower bounds for inclusion of articles.
Not explaining what exactly in your result did not fit into bounds for publication is nonsense. Such uncompetent staff which doesn't even bother to explain the subject of article should be fired because most probably their PhD degree was bought (remember how french physicists had bought degrees in 90s and after great scandal they were both fired and their works disqualified).
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@SidBrown Other than which one? You have not specified which one this was, and I am really not sure why it would matter that the journal is in Europe. But even with that somewhat unusual requirement, there are plenty to choose from.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
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Your comment about "high mathematics" and "mathematical analysis" show that you have no idea about what math research is about, so your advise is unlikely to be very helpful.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
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Why on earth would "high mathematics" mean "mathematical analysis"? Why that specific subbranch of mathematics and not one of the other ones? I mean, "higher category theory" at least contains the word "high".
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
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If you think "mathematical analysis" is all math beyond the elementary math, then that reinforces my point that you really have no idea what you are talking about in this context and that whatever advise you offer is not going to be very valuable.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
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@SidBrown From the rejection note you've already received, aiming for journals "with a great reputation" sounds like it's aiming much too high.
– David Richerby
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My educated guess is that the reviewer is a native speaker of German and mistranslated some terms into English:
The German word Übung translates both to practice and to exercise.
In German universities, höhere Mathematik (literally: higher mathematics) was used as a label for mathematics courses for students of other scientific fields or engineering. At times, this only referred to the calculus courses (and not the linear-algebra courses). In particular, these courses usually focus on applying mathematical concepts and do not compare to courses for students of mathematics. (I wouldn’t be surprised if you can still find this label in use somewhere.)
If my guess is correct, the reviewers comment means something along the lines of:
This manuscript is just a (demonstrative) exercise in undergraduate mathematics and therefore not suitable for publication in a high-level journal.
So, your manuscript was rejected because it allegedly does not feature any new mathematics.
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I came to a similar conclusion without thinking about it being a translation issue: the problem is (already) a practice in {some kind of} mathematics, therefore it's not suitable as a paper for a high-level journal (which only publishes novel things).
– Mehrdad
30 mins ago
add a comment |
My educated guess is that the reviewer is a native speaker of German and mistranslated some terms into English:
The German word Übung translates both to practice and to exercise.
In German universities, höhere Mathematik (literally: higher mathematics) was used as a label for mathematics courses for students of other scientific fields or engineering. At times, this only referred to the calculus courses (and not the linear-algebra courses). In particular, these courses usually focus on applying mathematical concepts and do not compare to courses for students of mathematics. (I wouldn’t be surprised if you can still find this label in use somewhere.)
If my guess is correct, the reviewers comment means something along the lines of:
This manuscript is just a (demonstrative) exercise in undergraduate mathematics and therefore not suitable for publication in a high-level journal.
So, your manuscript was rejected because it allegedly does not feature any new mathematics.
edited 8 hours ago
Uwe
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answered 9 hours ago
Wrzlprmft♦Wrzlprmft
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I came to a similar conclusion without thinking about it being a translation issue: the problem is (already) a practice in {some kind of} mathematics, therefore it's not suitable as a paper for a high-level journal (which only publishes novel things).
– Mehrdad
30 mins ago
add a comment |
My educated guess is that the reviewer is a native speaker of German and mistranslated some terms into English:
The German word Übung translates both to practice and to exercise.
In German universities, höhere Mathematik (literally: higher mathematics) was used as a label for mathematics courses for students of other scientific fields or engineering. At times, this only referred to the calculus courses (and not the linear-algebra courses). In particular, these courses usually focus on applying mathematical concepts and do not compare to courses for students of mathematics. (I wouldn’t be surprised if you can still find this label in use somewhere.)
If my guess is correct, the reviewers comment means something along the lines of:
This manuscript is just a (demonstrative) exercise in undergraduate mathematics and therefore not suitable for publication in a high-level journal.
So, your manuscript was rejected because it allegedly does not feature any new mathematics.
edited 8 hours ago
Uwe
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answered 9 hours ago
Wrzlprmft♦Wrzlprmft
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My educated guess is that the reviewer is a native speaker of German and mistranslated some terms into English:
The German word Übung translates both to practice and to exercise.
In German universities, höhere Mathematik (literally: higher mathematics) was used as a label for mathematics courses for students of other scientific fields or engineering. At times, this only referred to the calculus courses (and not the linear-algebra courses). In particular, these courses usually focus on applying mathematical concepts and do not compare to courses for students of mathematics. (I wouldn’t be surprised if you can still find this label in use somewhere.)
If my guess is correct, the reviewers comment means something along the lines of:
This manuscript is just a (demonstrative) exercise in undergraduate mathematics and therefore not suitable for publication in a high-level journal.
So, your manuscript was rejected because it allegedly does not feature any new mathematics.
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I came to a similar conclusion without thinking about it being a translation issue: the problem is (already) a practice in {some kind of} mathematics, therefore it's not suitable as a paper for a high-level journal (which only publishes novel things).
– Mehrdad
30 mins ago
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I came to a similar conclusion without thinking about it being a translation issue: the problem is (already) a practice in {some kind of} mathematics, therefore it's not suitable as a paper for a high-level journal (which only publishes novel things).
– Mehrdad
30 mins ago
I came to a similar conclusion without thinking about it being a translation issue: the problem is (already) a practice in {some kind of} mathematics, therefore it's not suitable as a paper for a high-level journal (which only publishes novel things).
– Mehrdad
30 mins ago
I came to a similar conclusion without thinking about it being a translation issue: the problem is (already) a practice in {some kind of} mathematics, therefore it's not suitable as a paper for a high-level journal (which only publishes novel things).
– Mehrdad
30 mins ago
add a comment |
Seems to me that there's a missing word, and the correct comment might be something more like:
The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high school mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals.
In other words, your manuscript is too simple to be published in an academic journal.
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Even then, it is a strange formulation, but I suppose the one writing it might not be great at English ("a practice" does not really make sense here on its own).
– Tobias Kildetoft
18 hours ago
18
"a practice" instead of "an exercise" could be poor translation from a different language
– Thomas
18 hours ago
17
Could be. Or maybe they mean something like "a (standard) practice in higher mathematics." Either way, a poorly written comment indicating that the paper's contribution is not sufficiently significant.
– cag51
16 hours ago
3
@Allure So you need to get this correction to the editor, not the OP...
– Solar Mike
13 hours ago
3
Unfortunately it means that the manuscript is rejected. The only thing you can do is being disappointed that it took almost three months to receive an answer (that in addition might be poorly written).
– Alchimista
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Seems to me that there's a missing word, and the correct comment might be something more like:
The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high school mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals.
In other words, your manuscript is too simple to be published in an academic journal.
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Buffy
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answered 18 hours ago
AllureAllure
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Even then, it is a strange formulation, but I suppose the one writing it might not be great at English ("a practice" does not really make sense here on its own).
– Tobias Kildetoft
18 hours ago
18
"a practice" instead of "an exercise" could be poor translation from a different language
– Thomas
18 hours ago
17
Could be. Or maybe they mean something like "a (standard) practice in higher mathematics." Either way, a poorly written comment indicating that the paper's contribution is not sufficiently significant.
– cag51
16 hours ago
3
@Allure So you need to get this correction to the editor, not the OP...
– Solar Mike
13 hours ago
3
Unfortunately it means that the manuscript is rejected. The only thing you can do is being disappointed that it took almost three months to receive an answer (that in addition might be poorly written).
– Alchimista
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Seems to me that there's a missing word, and the correct comment might be something more like:
The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high school mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals.
In other words, your manuscript is too simple to be published in an academic journal.
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Seems to me that there's a missing word, and the correct comment might be something more like:
The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high school mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals.
In other words, your manuscript is too simple to be published in an academic journal.
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Even then, it is a strange formulation, but I suppose the one writing it might not be great at English ("a practice" does not really make sense here on its own).
– Tobias Kildetoft
18 hours ago
18
"a practice" instead of "an exercise" could be poor translation from a different language
– Thomas
18 hours ago
17
Could be. Or maybe they mean something like "a (standard) practice in higher mathematics." Either way, a poorly written comment indicating that the paper's contribution is not sufficiently significant.
– cag51
16 hours ago
3
@Allure So you need to get this correction to the editor, not the OP...
– Solar Mike
13 hours ago
3
Unfortunately it means that the manuscript is rejected. The only thing you can do is being disappointed that it took almost three months to receive an answer (that in addition might be poorly written).
– Alchimista
12 hours ago
|
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5
Even then, it is a strange formulation, but I suppose the one writing it might not be great at English ("a practice" does not really make sense here on its own).
– Tobias Kildetoft
18 hours ago
18
"a practice" instead of "an exercise" could be poor translation from a different language
– Thomas
18 hours ago
17
Could be. Or maybe they mean something like "a (standard) practice in higher mathematics." Either way, a poorly written comment indicating that the paper's contribution is not sufficiently significant.
– cag51
16 hours ago
3
@Allure So you need to get this correction to the editor, not the OP...
– Solar Mike
13 hours ago
3
Unfortunately it means that the manuscript is rejected. The only thing you can do is being disappointed that it took almost three months to receive an answer (that in addition might be poorly written).
– Alchimista
12 hours ago
5
5
Even then, it is a strange formulation, but I suppose the one writing it might not be great at English ("a practice" does not really make sense here on its own).
– Tobias Kildetoft
18 hours ago
Even then, it is a strange formulation, but I suppose the one writing it might not be great at English ("a practice" does not really make sense here on its own).
– Tobias Kildetoft
18 hours ago
18
18
"a practice" instead of "an exercise" could be poor translation from a different language
– Thomas
18 hours ago
"a practice" instead of "an exercise" could be poor translation from a different language
– Thomas
18 hours ago
17
17
Could be. Or maybe they mean something like "a (standard) practice in higher mathematics." Either way, a poorly written comment indicating that the paper's contribution is not sufficiently significant.
– cag51
16 hours ago
Could be. Or maybe they mean something like "a (standard) practice in higher mathematics." Either way, a poorly written comment indicating that the paper's contribution is not sufficiently significant.
– cag51
16 hours ago
3
3
@Allure So you need to get this correction to the editor, not the OP...
– Solar Mike
13 hours ago
@Allure So you need to get this correction to the editor, not the OP...
– Solar Mike
13 hours ago
3
3
Unfortunately it means that the manuscript is rejected. The only thing you can do is being disappointed that it took almost three months to receive an answer (that in addition might be poorly written).
– Alchimista
12 hours ago
Unfortunately it means that the manuscript is rejected. The only thing you can do is being disappointed that it took almost three months to receive an answer (that in addition might be poorly written).
– Alchimista
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This seems really odd. Is this the journal you submitted to?
Why
It took 75 days to receive a 1 sentence answer in English that makes no sense.
Even if it was high-school level, any peer reviewer would be expected to write more than a single bad English sentence.
There should be multiple reviews, and the editor should have sent a single sentence review back for more details without being asked.
What to do
If you are a grad student, take this to your advisor. There is a good chance they can contact the editor, and will have more clout than you (unless you are a professor).
If you are affiliated with a university, ask others in the field about it. If there are multiple people with single sentence reviews, push back on the conference as a group.
At least reach out to the editor. Say
I'm not sure what this sentence means. This is the only review I
received from my submission, and I'm not sure what it means or why my paper was rejected.
EDIT:
I thought it might be a desk rejection, but the message isn't boilerplate. I'm also not convinced the review meant "high-school".
Reasoning
If it was a high-school caliber entry, and the editor caught it, why not send a form letter or ignore it?
I have a difficult time seeing how "high-school math" can be anything but an insult. Why not just use words like stupid outright?
answered 9 hours ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4,095924
4
About the multiple reviews and just one sentence: It could be a desk rejection coming from the editor, so it may not even been sent to the reviewers. And if the paper is really bad, there's no point in writing a detailed rejection.
– Massimo Ortolano
9 hours ago
4
If someone sends math at high school level to a journal, why should I as a reviewer write more than one line pointing that out? If it truly is an exercise in high school math, then there is nothing that will make it publishable, and it will be a waste of my time to try to point out things that might make it so. And it is very common for even very good math journals to have just a single reviewer.
– Tobias Kildetoft
8 hours ago
1
Just because the journal uses English language, doesn't mean that English is necessarily the first language of any given reviewer. I also doubt that "high school" is the correct implication. I'm strongly thinking "higher mathematics".
– Buffy
5 hours ago
@Buffy - I was thinking something like that too. "Highly-theoretical" was my though.
– sevensevens
4 hours ago
add a comment |
This seems really odd. Is this the journal you submitted to?
Why
It took 75 days to receive a 1 sentence answer in English that makes no sense.
Even if it was high-school level, any peer reviewer would be expected to write more than a single bad English sentence.
There should be multiple reviews, and the editor should have sent a single sentence review back for more details without being asked.
What to do
If you are a grad student, take this to your advisor. There is a good chance they can contact the editor, and will have more clout than you (unless you are a professor).
If you are affiliated with a university, ask others in the field about it. If there are multiple people with single sentence reviews, push back on the conference as a group.
At least reach out to the editor. Say
I'm not sure what this sentence means. This is the only review I
received from my submission, and I'm not sure what it means or why my paper was rejected.
EDIT:
I thought it might be a desk rejection, but the message isn't boilerplate. I'm also not convinced the review meant "high-school".
Reasoning
If it was a high-school caliber entry, and the editor caught it, why not send a form letter or ignore it?
I have a difficult time seeing how "high-school math" can be anything but an insult. Why not just use words like stupid outright?
answered 9 hours ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4,095924
4
About the multiple reviews and just one sentence: It could be a desk rejection coming from the editor, so it may not even been sent to the reviewers. And if the paper is really bad, there's no point in writing a detailed rejection.
– Massimo Ortolano
9 hours ago
4
If someone sends math at high school level to a journal, why should I as a reviewer write more than one line pointing that out? If it truly is an exercise in high school math, then there is nothing that will make it publishable, and it will be a waste of my time to try to point out things that might make it so. And it is very common for even very good math journals to have just a single reviewer.
– Tobias Kildetoft
8 hours ago
1
Just because the journal uses English language, doesn't mean that English is necessarily the first language of any given reviewer. I also doubt that "high school" is the correct implication. I'm strongly thinking "higher mathematics".
– Buffy
5 hours ago
@Buffy - I was thinking something like that too. "Highly-theoretical" was my though.
– sevensevens
4 hours ago
add a comment |
This seems really odd. Is this the journal you submitted to?
Why
It took 75 days to receive a 1 sentence answer in English that makes no sense.
Even if it was high-school level, any peer reviewer would be expected to write more than a single bad English sentence.
There should be multiple reviews, and the editor should have sent a single sentence review back for more details without being asked.
What to do
If you are a grad student, take this to your advisor. There is a good chance they can contact the editor, and will have more clout than you (unless you are a professor).
If you are affiliated with a university, ask others in the field about it. If there are multiple people with single sentence reviews, push back on the conference as a group.
At least reach out to the editor. Say
I'm not sure what this sentence means. This is the only review I
received from my submission, and I'm not sure what it means or why my paper was rejected.
EDIT:
I thought it might be a desk rejection, but the message isn't boilerplate. I'm also not convinced the review meant "high-school".
Reasoning
If it was a high-school caliber entry, and the editor caught it, why not send a form letter or ignore it?
I have a difficult time seeing how "high-school math" can be anything but an insult. Why not just use words like stupid outright?
answered 9 hours ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4,095924
This seems really odd. Is this the journal you submitted to?
Why
It took 75 days to receive a 1 sentence answer in English that makes no sense.
Even if it was high-school level, any peer reviewer would be expected to write more than a single bad English sentence.
There should be multiple reviews, and the editor should have sent a single sentence review back for more details without being asked.
What to do
If you are a grad student, take this to your advisor. There is a good chance they can contact the editor, and will have more clout than you (unless you are a professor).
If you are affiliated with a university, ask others in the field about it. If there are multiple people with single sentence reviews, push back on the conference as a group.
At least reach out to the editor. Say
I'm not sure what this sentence means. This is the only review I
received from my submission, and I'm not sure what it means or why my paper was rejected.
EDIT:
I thought it might be a desk rejection, but the message isn't boilerplate. I'm also not convinced the review meant "high-school".
Reasoning
If it was a high-school caliber entry, and the editor caught it, why not send a form letter or ignore it?
I have a difficult time seeing how "high-school math" can be anything but an insult. Why not just use words like stupid outright?
answered 9 hours ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4,095924
edited 7 hours ago
answered 9 hours ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4,095924
answered 9 hours ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4,095924
answered 9 hours ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4,095924
4,095924
4
About the multiple reviews and just one sentence: It could be a desk rejection coming from the editor, so it may not even been sent to the reviewers. And if the paper is really bad, there's no point in writing a detailed rejection.
– Massimo Ortolano
9 hours ago
4
If someone sends math at high school level to a journal, why should I as a reviewer write more than one line pointing that out? If it truly is an exercise in high school math, then there is nothing that will make it publishable, and it will be a waste of my time to try to point out things that might make it so. And it is very common for even very good math journals to have just a single reviewer.
– Tobias Kildetoft
8 hours ago
1
Just because the journal uses English language, doesn't mean that English is necessarily the first language of any given reviewer. I also doubt that "high school" is the correct implication. I'm strongly thinking "higher mathematics".
– Buffy
5 hours ago
@Buffy - I was thinking something like that too. "Highly-theoretical" was my though.
– sevensevens
4 hours ago
add a comment |
4
About the multiple reviews and just one sentence: It could be a desk rejection coming from the editor, so it may not even been sent to the reviewers. And if the paper is really bad, there's no point in writing a detailed rejection.
– Massimo Ortolano
9 hours ago
4
If someone sends math at high school level to a journal, why should I as a reviewer write more than one line pointing that out? If it truly is an exercise in high school math, then there is nothing that will make it publishable, and it will be a waste of my time to try to point out things that might make it so. And it is very common for even very good math journals to have just a single reviewer.
– Tobias Kildetoft
8 hours ago
1
Just because the journal uses English language, doesn't mean that English is necessarily the first language of any given reviewer. I also doubt that "high school" is the correct implication. I'm strongly thinking "higher mathematics".
– Buffy
5 hours ago
@Buffy - I was thinking something like that too. "Highly-theoretical" was my though.
– sevensevens
4 hours ago
4
4
About the multiple reviews and just one sentence: It could be a desk rejection coming from the editor, so it may not even been sent to the reviewers. And if the paper is really bad, there's no point in writing a detailed rejection.
– Massimo Ortolano
9 hours ago
About the multiple reviews and just one sentence: It could be a desk rejection coming from the editor, so it may not even been sent to the reviewers. And if the paper is really bad, there's no point in writing a detailed rejection.
– Massimo Ortolano
9 hours ago
4
4
If someone sends math at high school level to a journal, why should I as a reviewer write more than one line pointing that out? If it truly is an exercise in high school math, then there is nothing that will make it publishable, and it will be a waste of my time to try to point out things that might make it so. And it is very common for even very good math journals to have just a single reviewer.
– Tobias Kildetoft
8 hours ago
If someone sends math at high school level to a journal, why should I as a reviewer write more than one line pointing that out? If it truly is an exercise in high school math, then there is nothing that will make it publishable, and it will be a waste of my time to try to point out things that might make it so. And it is very common for even very good math journals to have just a single reviewer.
– Tobias Kildetoft
8 hours ago
1
1
Just because the journal uses English language, doesn't mean that English is necessarily the first language of any given reviewer. I also doubt that "high school" is the correct implication. I'm strongly thinking "higher mathematics".
– Buffy
5 hours ago
Just because the journal uses English language, doesn't mean that English is necessarily the first language of any given reviewer. I also doubt that "high school" is the correct implication. I'm strongly thinking "higher mathematics".
– Buffy
5 hours ago
@Buffy - I was thinking something like that too. "Highly-theoretical" was my though.
– sevensevens
4 hours ago
@Buffy - I was thinking something like that too. "Highly-theoretical" was my though.
– sevensevens
4 hours ago
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The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics...
In context, I would translate this into native English as:
In higher mathematics, the problem considered in this manuscript is just an exercise...
In other words, a routine calculation that has nothing new to say. Sorry.
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The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics...
In context, I would translate this into native English as:
In higher mathematics, the problem considered in this manuscript is just an exercise...
In other words, a routine calculation that has nothing new to say. Sorry.
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The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics...
In context, I would translate this into native English as:
In higher mathematics, the problem considered in this manuscript is just an exercise...
In other words, a routine calculation that has nothing new to say. Sorry.
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The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics...
In context, I would translate this into native English as:
In higher mathematics, the problem considered in this manuscript is just an exercise...
In other words, a routine calculation that has nothing new to say. Sorry.
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The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals
Probably he means "high school". But, Gauss found many solutions in his high school years... Nobody exactly defined where "high school" ends. Because in my high school, I modelled Frank-Hertz experiment. With complicated enough approach this could become Plasma Physics article, enough for publication in any scientific grade journal.
Another probability is that they think subject lies in field of "high mathematics", and they understand it as "mathematical analysis". It exists in some high school programs, but generally considered university discipline, rather then school. Again, it is actually possible to create problem inside mathematical analysis and solve it, creating material of grade which is enough for publication anywhere.
Also you can always publish it in journals for PhD/high school students, which have lower bounds for inclusion of articles.
Not explaining what exactly in your result did not fit into bounds for publication is nonsense. Such uncompetent staff which doesn't even bother to explain the subject of article should be fired because most probably their PhD degree was bought (remember how french physicists had bought degrees in 90s and after great scandal they were both fired and their works disqualified).
answered 12 hours ago
sanarissanaris
1405
2
@SidBrown Other than which one? You have not specified which one this was, and I am really not sure why it would matter that the journal is in Europe. But even with that somewhat unusual requirement, there are plenty to choose from.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
2
Your comment about "high mathematics" and "mathematical analysis" show that you have no idea about what math research is about, so your advise is unlikely to be very helpful.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
8
Why on earth would "high mathematics" mean "mathematical analysis"? Why that specific subbranch of mathematics and not one of the other ones? I mean, "higher category theory" at least contains the word "high".
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
3
If you think "mathematical analysis" is all math beyond the elementary math, then that reinforces my point that you really have no idea what you are talking about in this context and that whatever advise you offer is not going to be very valuable.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
3
@SidBrown From the rejection note you've already received, aiming for journals "with a great reputation" sounds like it's aiming much too high.
– David Richerby
8 hours ago
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The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals
Probably he means "high school". But, Gauss found many solutions in his high school years... Nobody exactly defined where "high school" ends. Because in my high school, I modelled Frank-Hertz experiment. With complicated enough approach this could become Plasma Physics article, enough for publication in any scientific grade journal.
Another probability is that they think subject lies in field of "high mathematics", and they understand it as "mathematical analysis". It exists in some high school programs, but generally considered university discipline, rather then school. Again, it is actually possible to create problem inside mathematical analysis and solve it, creating material of grade which is enough for publication anywhere.
Also you can always publish it in journals for PhD/high school students, which have lower bounds for inclusion of articles.
Not explaining what exactly in your result did not fit into bounds for publication is nonsense. Such uncompetent staff which doesn't even bother to explain the subject of article should be fired because most probably their PhD degree was bought (remember how french physicists had bought degrees in 90s and after great scandal they were both fired and their works disqualified).
answered 12 hours ago
sanarissanaris
1405
2
@SidBrown Other than which one? You have not specified which one this was, and I am really not sure why it would matter that the journal is in Europe. But even with that somewhat unusual requirement, there are plenty to choose from.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
2
Your comment about "high mathematics" and "mathematical analysis" show that you have no idea about what math research is about, so your advise is unlikely to be very helpful.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
8
Why on earth would "high mathematics" mean "mathematical analysis"? Why that specific subbranch of mathematics and not one of the other ones? I mean, "higher category theory" at least contains the word "high".
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
3
If you think "mathematical analysis" is all math beyond the elementary math, then that reinforces my point that you really have no idea what you are talking about in this context and that whatever advise you offer is not going to be very valuable.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
3
@SidBrown From the rejection note you've already received, aiming for journals "with a great reputation" sounds like it's aiming much too high.
– David Richerby
8 hours ago
|
show 9 more comments
The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals
Probably he means "high school". But, Gauss found many solutions in his high school years... Nobody exactly defined where "high school" ends. Because in my high school, I modelled Frank-Hertz experiment. With complicated enough approach this could become Plasma Physics article, enough for publication in any scientific grade journal.
Another probability is that they think subject lies in field of "high mathematics", and they understand it as "mathematical analysis". It exists in some high school programs, but generally considered university discipline, rather then school. Again, it is actually possible to create problem inside mathematical analysis and solve it, creating material of grade which is enough for publication anywhere.
Also you can always publish it in journals for PhD/high school students, which have lower bounds for inclusion of articles.
Not explaining what exactly in your result did not fit into bounds for publication is nonsense. Such uncompetent staff which doesn't even bother to explain the subject of article should be fired because most probably their PhD degree was bought (remember how french physicists had bought degrees in 90s and after great scandal they were both fired and their works disqualified).
answered 12 hours ago
sanarissanaris
1405
The considered problem in this manuscript is a practice in high mathematics and can not be a paper for publication in high-level journals
Probably he means "high school". But, Gauss found many solutions in his high school years... Nobody exactly defined where "high school" ends. Because in my high school, I modelled Frank-Hertz experiment. With complicated enough approach this could become Plasma Physics article, enough for publication in any scientific grade journal.
Another probability is that they think subject lies in field of "high mathematics", and they understand it as "mathematical analysis". It exists in some high school programs, but generally considered university discipline, rather then school. Again, it is actually possible to create problem inside mathematical analysis and solve it, creating material of grade which is enough for publication anywhere.
Also you can always publish it in journals for PhD/high school students, which have lower bounds for inclusion of articles.
Not explaining what exactly in your result did not fit into bounds for publication is nonsense. Such uncompetent staff which doesn't even bother to explain the subject of article should be fired because most probably their PhD degree was bought (remember how french physicists had bought degrees in 90s and after great scandal they were both fired and their works disqualified).
answered 12 hours ago
sanarissanaris
1405
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answered 12 hours ago
sanarissanaris
1405
answered 12 hours ago
sanarissanaris
1405
answered 12 hours ago
sanarissanaris
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@SidBrown Other than which one? You have not specified which one this was, and I am really not sure why it would matter that the journal is in Europe. But even with that somewhat unusual requirement, there are plenty to choose from.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
2
Your comment about "high mathematics" and "mathematical analysis" show that you have no idea about what math research is about, so your advise is unlikely to be very helpful.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
8
Why on earth would "high mathematics" mean "mathematical analysis"? Why that specific subbranch of mathematics and not one of the other ones? I mean, "higher category theory" at least contains the word "high".
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
3
If you think "mathematical analysis" is all math beyond the elementary math, then that reinforces my point that you really have no idea what you are talking about in this context and that whatever advise you offer is not going to be very valuable.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
3
@SidBrown From the rejection note you've already received, aiming for journals "with a great reputation" sounds like it's aiming much too high.
– David Richerby
8 hours ago
|
show 9 more comments
2
@SidBrown Other than which one? You have not specified which one this was, and I am really not sure why it would matter that the journal is in Europe. But even with that somewhat unusual requirement, there are plenty to choose from.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
2
Your comment about "high mathematics" and "mathematical analysis" show that you have no idea about what math research is about, so your advise is unlikely to be very helpful.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
8
Why on earth would "high mathematics" mean "mathematical analysis"? Why that specific subbranch of mathematics and not one of the other ones? I mean, "higher category theory" at least contains the word "high".
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
3
If you think "mathematical analysis" is all math beyond the elementary math, then that reinforces my point that you really have no idea what you are talking about in this context and that whatever advise you offer is not going to be very valuable.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
3
@SidBrown From the rejection note you've already received, aiming for journals "with a great reputation" sounds like it's aiming much too high.
– David Richerby
8 hours ago
2
2
@SidBrown Other than which one? You have not specified which one this was, and I am really not sure why it would matter that the journal is in Europe. But even with that somewhat unusual requirement, there are plenty to choose from.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
@SidBrown Other than which one? You have not specified which one this was, and I am really not sure why it would matter that the journal is in Europe. But even with that somewhat unusual requirement, there are plenty to choose from.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
2
2
Your comment about "high mathematics" and "mathematical analysis" show that you have no idea about what math research is about, so your advise is unlikely to be very helpful.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
Your comment about "high mathematics" and "mathematical analysis" show that you have no idea about what math research is about, so your advise is unlikely to be very helpful.
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
8
8
Why on earth would "high mathematics" mean "mathematical analysis"? Why that specific subbranch of mathematics and not one of the other ones? I mean, "higher category theory" at least contains the word "high".
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
Why on earth would "high mathematics" mean "mathematical analysis"? Why that specific subbranch of mathematics and not one of the other ones? I mean, "higher category theory" at least contains the word "high".
– Tobias Kildetoft
12 hours ago
3
3
If you think "mathematical analysis" is all math beyond the elementary math, then that reinforces my point that you really have no idea what you are talking about in this context and that whatever advise you offer is not going to be very valuable.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
If you think "mathematical analysis" is all math beyond the elementary math, then that reinforces my point that you really have no idea what you are talking about in this context and that whatever advise you offer is not going to be very valuable.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
3
3
@SidBrown From the rejection note you've already received, aiming for journals "with a great reputation" sounds like it's aiming much too high.
– David Richerby
8 hours ago
@SidBrown From the rejection note you've already received, aiming for journals "with a great reputation" sounds like it's aiming much too high.
– David Richerby
8 hours ago
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I would considered politely asking for a clarification. It is quite a cryptic message you've got there.
– Gabriel
13 hours ago
3
I would politely ask for a copy of the reviews sent from the reviewers to the editor. Normally, one would get a copy of those. The otherwise fluent English used in the letter suggests to me that the comment is not written by the editor but one of the reviewers. Please note that you work is not being classified as bad or wrong. Rightly or wrongly it is judged to be within the grasp of too many. While rejection is always unpleasant, you should not ignore this distinction. By the way, a 75 day wait is very short. Many manuscript take much longer to process.
– Carl Christian
12 hours ago
13
I would suggest against asking for a clarification. This seems like the whole text of the review. The English is lacking, but the outcome is clear: your paper is (allegedly) way too simple for this journal. Right or wrong, that's their decision. You have little to gain by arguing. After such a comment, there isn't much that you can write that would make the editor reconsider. If they had doubts about the review, they would already have invited another reviewer. Move on, and submit it somewhere else.
– Federico Poloni
12 hours ago
2
No, a paper need not be hard to grasp to be publishable. But it needs to deal with a problem of interest to the mathematical community, and whatever the reviewer meant precisely, it is clear that they do not believe the problem to be in this category.
– Tobias Kildetoft
11 hours ago
3
Unfortunately, sometimes reviewers don't do a good job reviewing. Worse, sometimes a problem can be very tough and then seem trivial once one has seen the solution. My advice is to send the paper to another journal, probably a slightly weaker one than you saw previously, and make sure that the paper has a detailed section illustrating what prior work has been done on the problem and why people care. that should do a better job getting a reviewer to realize the paper is interesting and non-trivial.
– JoshuaZ
10 hours ago