Rejecta Mathematica goes live

We first mentioned Rejecta Mathematica almost two years ago. While it did take them a while, the site has finally gone live and they recently announced their inaugural issue, which contains papers that have been rejected by peer reviewed journals on mathematical sciences.

The most interesting feature of this initiative is the open letter that prefixes each paper, in which the author illustrates what they believe is the reason behind their work’s rejection and asserts their paper’s case. Scientific papers, like notorious novels, do sometime get undeservedly rejected before their true value is acknowledged. The hard part is distinguishing the hidden gems.

Contrary to what one may have expected though, this edition clearly debunks the notion that Rejecta Mathematica would be a breeding ground for crackpots. The six papers included in this first edition all appear to be interesting and well researched.

Is it the revenge of the rejected? Perhaps, but this unusual publication will still help to enrich our beloved discipline in its own way.

3 Comments

  1. Joakim Munkhammar July 31, 2009
  2. Manjil P. Saikia August 7, 2009
  3. alfC November 20, 2009

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