Reprobatio Certa Hora Incerta

January 22, 2011 4:41 PM

The founding principle of the Journal of Universal Rejection (JofUR) is rejection. Universal rejection. That is to say, all submissions, regardless of quality, will be rejected.
posted by Vibrissa (30 comments total)

OK.
posted by Eideteker at 4:44 PM on January 22, 2011

Disappointed there's no actual submission e-mail address - I was hoping for a bot that would send "Thanks for your submission!" and then seven days later send you a very cleverly-written rejection notice.
posted by l33tpolicywonk at 4:47 PM on January 22, 2011 [4 favorites]

Yeah, but is it indexed on pubmed?
posted by docgonzo at 4:47 PM on January 22, 2011 [4 favorites]

These guys will get along well with Rejecta Mathematica.
posted by hattifattener at 4:48 PM on January 22, 2011 [1 favorite]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that this submission will be rejected and it might have something to do with the quality.
posted by gman at 4:53 PM on January 22, 2011 [2 favorites]

The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of “writer's block”
posted by lukemeister at 5:01 PM on January 22, 2011 [7 favorites]

Mimics the relationship I (and thousands of others) have with Science.
posted by Existential Dread at 5:04 PM on January 22, 2011 [1 favorite]

Some people in my office were shocked by the naïveté of a scientist who submitted a paper to Nature without lobbying the editor first.
posted by lukemeister at 5:07 PM on January 22, 2011 [5 favorites]

The I am going to ban you. No exceptions Flickr Group.
posted by steef at 5:10 PM on January 22, 2011 [1 favorite]

Metallica said it best. Ugly but true at the top tier of scientific publishing. Of course, I was that naif.
posted by Existential Dread at 5:17 PM on January 22, 2011

great idea for a journal.
I s'pose they reject all advertising as well?
posted by seawallrunner at 5:23 PM on January 22, 2011

"Godot has Twitter"
"yes"
posted by clavdivs at 5:45 PM on January 22, 2011

I feel the need to paste this:

Archives

# March 2009 (Vol 1, No 1) contents:

(empty)

# June 2009 (Vol 1, No 2) contents:

(empty)

# September 2009 (Vol 1, No 3) contents:

(empty)

# December 2009 (Vol 1, No 4) contents:

(empty - because we were on holiday)

# March 2010 (Vol 2, No 1) contents:

(empty)

# June 2010 (Vol 2, No 2) contents:

(empty)
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 5:47 PM on January 22, 2011 [3 favorites]

So, will this be one of those journals that's bundled in packages to academic libraries?

(it might be less misleading and counterproductive than other more successful journals, I would speculate; but I am not in academia).
posted by el io at 6:03 PM on January 22, 2011 [1 favorite]

Finally! An academic journal I'll be able to read cover-to-cover!
posted by djgh at 6:13 PM on January 22, 2011 [4 favorites]

I heard Bovine University was starting up a journal a lot like this, actually.
posted by cthuljew at 6:13 PM on January 22, 2011

Submissions should be emailed to the Editor-in-Chief.

If it doesn't take a stamp I'm not interested.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:15 PM on January 22, 2011

An axiom to stick by.
posted by clavdivs at 6:43 PM on January 22, 2011

My favorite: The Journal of Unpublished Results. Do click on the two submission links.
posted by zippy at 6:54 PM on January 22, 2011 [1 favorite]

After submitting your work, the decision process varies. Often the Editor-in-Chief will reject your work out-of-hand, without even reading it! However, he might read it. Probably he'll skim. At other times your manuscript may be sent to anonymous referees. Unless they are the Editor-in-Chief's wife or graduate school buddies, it is unlikely that the referees will even understand what is going on. Rejection will follow as swiftly as a bird dropping from a great height after being struck by a stone. At other times, rejection may languish like your email buried in the Editor-in-Chief's inbox. But it will come, swift or slow, as surely as death. Rejection.

Snort! Love it.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 8:45 PM on January 22, 2011

I don't deal well with clicking this link.
posted by swimming naked when the tide goes out at 9:05 PM on January 22, 2011

An axiom to stick by.

You rang?
posted by axiom at 9:07 PM on January 22, 2011 [1 favorite]

Rejection, by Kalvin Clein
posted by liza at 9:14 PM on January 22, 2011 [3 favorites]

You rang?

He's here! Grab your sticks, everyone!
posted by nebulawindphone at 9:18 PM on January 22, 2011 [1 favorite]

hattifattener: I'm kind of disappointed to see that Rejecta Mathematica only had that one issue. I was hoping that they'd be more of a regular thing.
posted by madcaptenor at 10:24 PM on January 22, 2011

FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of Your Thesis Defense (which was posted on the blue not long ago) will probably also be appreciated here.
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 12:14 AM on January 23, 2011 [2 favorites]

Unfortunately, due to overwhelming volume and the impact of the economy on my finances, I will no longer be accepting new rejections. I thank you for your disinterest and lack of time, and wish you better success in rejecting other authors.
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:26 AM on January 23, 2011

Ahh, academic journals! The publishing venue where authors agonize over acceptance and have the same number of readers whether they get accepted or not.
posted by sonic meat machine at 10:27 AM on January 23, 2011 [2 favorites]

gman: "I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that this submission will be rejected and it might have something to do with the quality."

Sounds like your thesis was rejected by the mods.
posted by Chrysostom at 7:22 PM on January 23, 2011

So...this is different from other literary journals how, exactly?
posted by Maaik at 8:50 AM on February 9, 2011