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Predictors of ManuScript Rejection sY ndrome (MiSe RY ): a cohort study
Author(s) -
Han HuiChen,
Koshy Anoop Ninan,
Lin Tina,
Yudi Matias,
Clark David,
Teh Andrew W,
Farouque Omar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja2.50414
Subject(s) - interquartile range , medicine , odds ratio , multivariate analysis , complicated grief , demography , population , grief , prospective cohort study , psychiatry , environmental health , sociology
Objectives To assess whether specific factors predict the development of ManuScript Rejection sY ndrome (MiSe RY ) in academic physicians. Design Prospective pilot study; participants self‐administered a questionnaire about full manuscript submissions (as first or senior author) rejected at least once during the past 5 years. Setting Single centre (tertiary institution). Participants Eight academic physician‐authors. Main outcome measures Duration of grief. MiSe RY was pre‐specified as prolonged grief (grief duration longer than the population median). Results Eight participants provided data on 32 manuscripts with a total of 93 rejections (median, two rejections per manuscript; interquartile range [ IQR ], 1–3 rejections per manuscript). Median age at rejection was 37 years ( IQR , 33–45 years); 86% of 80 rejections involved male authors (86%), 56 of the authors providing data about these rejections were first authors (60%). The median journal impact factor was 5.9 ( IQR , 5.2–17). In 48 cases of rejection (52%), pre‐submission expectations of success had been high, and in 54 cases (58%) the manuscripts had been sent for external review. Median grief duration was 3 hours ( IQR , 1–24 h). Multivariate analysis indicated that higher pre‐submission expectation (adjusted odds ratio [ aOR ], 5.0; 95% CI , 1.5–18), first author status ( aOR , 9.5; 95% CI , 1.1–77), and external review ( aOR , 19.0; 95% CI 2.9–126) were independent predictors of MiSeRY. Conclusions To help put authors out of their MiSe RY , journal editors could be more selective in the manuscripts they send for external review. Tempering pre‐submission expectations and mastering the Coping and reLaxing Mechanisms (Ca LM ) of senior colleagues are important considerations for junior researchers.