Thursday, June 26, 2014
Proud to say, I've been rejected by Nature Chemistry
This was pretty fun, and pretty funny. But I should say that it was 99.5% my coworker's ideas and efforts.
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ReplyDeleteA truly great review of the field, obviously Nature Chemistry didn't quite see the importance!
ReplyDeleteThe critique of some aspects of modern life that was given by C. Berry in 1956 applies to the idea of chemical-free products - " Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!"
ReplyDeleteYou didn't get published because you failed to include 12 pages of supplementary figures and tables
ReplyDeleteMaybe he'll learn: next time, publish in Angewandte. Or Tetrahedron Letters.
DeleteHe'll have to make it punnier for Angewandte. Maybe try one of the open access journals. I hear some of them will publish anything.
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