Journal Rejection

Subcategories

Desk rejection After peer review Revise and resubmit (ultimately rejected) Format/scope mismatch

Failures in this category

Desk rejection from Postgraduate Medical Journal

Journal Rejection › Desk rejection

March 2026 · Matthew Bowker

Desk rejection without any feedback. Rejection without feedback is the worst kind of rejection!

Review (started nearly a year ago) rejected

Journal Rejection › Desk rejection

January 2026 · Matthew Bowker

This one really stung as I (respectfully) disagree with the grounds of the rejection. Onwards.

Lovely rejection from Medical Teacher

Journal Rejection › After peer review

January 2026 · Matthew Bowker

We submitted a 'Twelve Tips' article on supporting Muslim med students during Ramadan. The reject was personalised, complementary and gave the very reasonable feedback that the points made were valid, but perhaps too anecdotal for the format. Will resubmit as a Letter to the Editor.

Medical Education Online - Rejection after revision

Journal Rejection › Revise and resubmit (ultimately rejected)

March 2025 · Matthew Bowker

Peer reviewed, revisions requested. I made the revisions, and then it got rejected. I'm still unsure why.

IJOHS - Desk rejected because clumsy wording meant I advocated killing role-players

Journal Rejection › Desk rejection

March 2024 · Matthew Bowker

I accidentally spoke about killing "simulated patients" (i.e. role players) rather than "patient simulators" (i.e. manikins). A very reasonable desk rejection.

Simulation in Healthcare - rejection

Journal Rejection › After peer review

October 2025 · Matthew Bowker

Useful review feedback from the Socratic Method paper. Will need a bit of a redo.

Rejection from Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Journal Rejection › After peer review

July 2025 · Matthew Bowker

1000 words of genuinely useful feedback... even if it was devastating. A paper on the Socratic method.

Medical Education rejection

Journal Rejection › After peer review

December 2025 · Matthew Bowker

Useful peer review feedback from Medical Education. Will need a significant edit.

Desk rejection

Journal Rejection › Desk rejection

January 2026 · Matthew Bowker

Desk rejection for the same IPA paper I've been working on for a year.

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