Hi ;
I have (pre)submitted my project's abstract (only abstract) to NPG- Nature Methods journal and it has been replied (assessed).
I will write the report there without giving title and My name- surname. but actually I could not be sure that which one was the actual reason for being inappropriate (probable reasons that I think will be given at last ) I see two reasons but cannot be sure which one was the actual reason , it seems like their reply contains a contradiction. because I already think that my project should be especially very very suitable for lboratory studies.. but when we look the decision text ,it seems like a contradiction. this journal's IF>32, so I do not think that this journal be such a easy journal or be concentrated on easy (basic) subjects
I am writing the reply at first there (copy paste):
Dear ...
Thank you for your inquiry about submitting your paper entitled " ...." to Nature Methods. After examining the work I'm sorry to say that submission to Nature Methods would not be appropriate.
We do not doubt the technical quality of your work or that it may prove of interest to others working in cancer therapy. However, we think that your work is not suitable for Nature Methods which is devoted to laboratory methods used to investigate basic biological research questions.
Nevertheless, thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to consider your work. I am sorry that on this occasion we cannot be more positive.
Sincerely,
Natalie de Souza, Ph.D. Chief Editor Nature Methods
probable reasons that I thought
1) this abstract was out of the journal's scope (but laboratory word reminiscents me a contradiction so, I sent this editor a defense including some hard formulas)
2) This abstract was not good organised ,or was illogical in use .. etc. ( really she expressed that there were no doubt about technical quality this expression seems like another contradiction if we say that this was illogical or bad .. or ...(!))
what can be the actual reason for being inappropriate??
what should I do ??
!!: UPDATE
THAT EDITOR HAS REPLIED AGAIN (really very short reply ,I had written too long defense in comparison)
it says ;
Dear ..
Thank you for this and your other letters. I suggest you submit the paper elsewhere, I don' t think it's right for Nature Methods.
Sincerely,
Natalie de Souza
this last reply was around 2-3 minutes ago (hot)
note: I am not doing grammatical errorrs at real. only problem my keyboard is spoilt this commonly causes spelling faults and spelling faults may cause grammatical faults appearance,I apologise for this. and will try to care it how possible is. there has not been detected in this text such gramatical errors.