Yesterday(2/10/2020), afterAfter 1.5 years of hard work on a project, my former supervisor sent our paper to thea journal of "Accident Analysis and Prevention", after. After about 10 hours, they reject to send our papers forsent the further procedure with no clear reasons.
They saidfollowing response: After careful internal editorial consideration of your manuscript, we regret to inform you that we have decided not to pursue further peer review. We receive an extensive number of quality manuscripts each week and must make difficult decisions regarding which to progress in the peer-review process. Generally, no editorial comments are available for papers that are not sent for external peer review.
After careful internal editorial consideration of your manuscript, we regret to inform you that we have decided not to pursue further peer review. We receive an extensive number of quality manuscripts each week and must make difficult decisions regarding which to progress in the peer-review process. Generally, no editorial comments are available for papers that are not sent for external peer review.
My professor said that these kinds of things are happening frequently nowadays.
I supposedsupposed that is because of sanction (we are Iranian). Is this likely to be the case?
We are ordinary people with an academic background who caught up in tensions between countries and do not know what to do. I am going to pursue my Ph.D. in a university in Europe, Australia or New Zealand. In the admission board, they may look at my published papers sections on my CV, and with these kinds of behavior from international journals, I do not know what to do.
