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Friday Funny: Professor Plumbago's Rejection Letter

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Randall Crane
26 January 2007 - 1:00pm

Chris Plumbago, associate professor of urban planning at the University of Columbus, offers a model of a 'tragically amusing' rejection letter from an academic journal.

"I am writing to inform you that your paper, "Understanding Roadside Ecology: Methodological Pitfalls and New Directions," has been rejected by the Journal of General Planning. Following our typical practice we sent the paper to an important practitioner and two highly distinguished academics. Although this process was slowed by some months because we lost your paper twice, as you can see two reviewers did not like the paper and the one who did had weaknesses in her/his own argument. As I am a very busy person I must defer to their wisdom. Thank you for considering the Journal of General Planning."

Full Story: Rejection Letter to Professor Plumbago
Source: Urban Planning Research Blog, January 29, 2007
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