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P. R. Holland refuses to specify his criterion for publication in PLA
P. R. Holland (Editor to Physics Letters A) states that paper [2] does not satisfy the journals criterion of urgency (no criterion of urgency is available from PLA's website).
However, fails to explain why the paper does not satisfy it and refuses to specify the criterion.
For details see full correspondence below
Subject: PLA, Editor's decision: reject, Shahverdiyev, shervgi_20050324/1, Unification of Elelc...
From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, April 8, 2005 6:46 pm
To: [email protected]
Dear Dr Shahverdiyev,
On 24-Mar-2005 you submitted a new paper
number PLA_shervgi_20050324/1 to Physics Letters A entitled:
'Unification of Electromagnetism and Gravitation in the framework of General Geometry'
We regret to inform you that your paper has not been accepted for publication.
Comments from the editor are:
I have read your paper with interest but regret that it is not suitable for
publication in Physics Letters A as it does not satisfy our criterion of
urgency. I suggest you submit your work to a regular journal.
Thank you for submitting your work to our journal.
Yours sincerely,
P.R. Holland
Editor Physics Letters A
For queries about the E-submission website please contact: [email protected]
For queries specific to this submission please contact: [email protected]
Subject: Re: PLA , Editor's decision: reject, Shahverdiyev, shervgi_20050324/1, Unification of Elelc...
From: Shervgi Shahverdiyev [email protected]
Date: Sat, April 9, 2005 12:47 am
To: [email protected]
Dear Prof. P.R. Holland,
Can you please specify why the paper does not satisfy your criterion of
urgency?
Sincerely yours,
S. Shahverdiyev.
Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:53:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: S. Shahverdiyev [email protected]
Subject: change of e-mail address
To: [email protected]
Dear Dr. P.R. Holland,
The server in our Institution is not functioning
properly at this time. Temporarily, I can not check my
e-mail. Please send any correspondence to this new
e-mail address. ([email protected])
Let me remind you that I have not received an answer
to my request yet. The request and your letter are
included below.
Sincerely yours,
S. Shahverdiyev.
___________________________________________________
Can you please specify why the paper does not satisfy
your criterion of urgency?
Sincerely yours,
S. Shahverdiyev
I have read your paper with interest but regret that
it is not suitable for
publication in Physics Letters A as it does not
satisfy our criterion of
urgency. I suggest you submit your work to a regular
journal.
Thank you for submitting your work to our journal.
P.R. Holland.
Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:23:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: S. Shahverdiyev [email protected]
Subject: address
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Hello,
I have submitted a paper to Phys. Lett. A to Dr. P.
Holland. However, I have not received an answer to my
request since 8 April 2005. Please let me know to whom
should I address my request?
Sincerely yours,
S. Shahverdiyev
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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:22:40 +0100
Subject: Re: change of e-mail address
From: Physics Letters A Oxford [email protected]
To: S. Shahverdiyev [email protected]
Dear Dr Shahverdiyev
Your article is not of the type that we publish. I can only suggest that you submit
to a regular journal in gravitation.
Yours sincerely,
PR Holland
Physics Letters A
Green College
University of Oxford
Oxford OX2 6HG
UK
[email protected]
fax: +44 1865 274796
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 10:51:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: S. Shahverdiyev [email protected]
Subject: Re: change of e-mail address
To: Physics Letters A Oxford [email protected]
Dear Dr Holland,
As you wrote in your previous letter, the article is not of type you publish
because it does not satisfy your(Holland's) criterion of urgency. However, you
has not specified yet why the paper does not satisfy your criterion of urgency.
Usually, those papers where already known results are obtained in a different
way are not to be published urgently. The submitted paper is not of this type.
Moreover, in the description of Phys Lett A I did not find any criterion of urgency.
It is stated that papers get published rapidly.
I appreciate the way of communicating when both sides understand each other
unambiguously. The other ways of communicating are adverse to academic affairs.
Therefore, please specify the reason(s) for not publishing the paper, clearly.
Thank you in advance.
Sincerely yours,
S. Shahverdiyev.
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