{"id":36569,"date":"2025-06-23T10:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T05:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/?post_type=video&#038;p=36569"},"modified":"2025-06-16T18:42:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:12:41","slug":"peer-reviewer-breaks-down-how-manuscripts-get-rejected","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/peer-reviewer-breaks-down-how-manuscripts-get-rejected","title":{"rendered":"Peer Reviewer Breaks Down How Manuscripts Get Rejected!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Manuscript rejection is every researcher\u2019s worst nightmare! And oftentimes, researchers believe that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/services\/other\/pre-submission-peer-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">peer review process<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> failed them. But is that really the case? How much authority do peer reviewers hold in deciding the fate of a manuscript?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In short, not much. Peer reviewers only provide their feedback and recommendations, whereas the final decision always lies with the journal\u2019s editorial board or the editor-in-chief. Peer reviewers are tasked with determining whether:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the manuscript presents sound research,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the novelty of the study is sufficiently highlighted in the paper,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the findings of the study will be of significant interest to the scientific community.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Based on their assessment, they provide a recommendation to the journal\u2019s editors, who then take the final call on whether the manuscript is suitable for publication, if it requires revisions before being accepted, or if it should be rejected.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nevertheless, the fact that your paper was peer reviewed implies that your research was not desk rejected. In other words, your paper satisfied all the pre-checks, and the research was deemed worthy of review.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Watch this video to discover an expert\u2019s take on the peer review process and how it influences manuscript rejection.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":36570,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[5831,5830],"series":[],"class_list":["post-36569","video","type-video","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","new_tags-manuscript-rejection","new_tags-peer-review"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Peer Reviewer Breaks Down How Manuscripts Get Rejected! | Editage Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What role do peer reviewers play in the acceptance or rejection of a research paper? 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