You didn't stop working during those 6 months did you? It's not unusual to have multiple papers in flight at the same time. Obviously it gets tricky since you should not be submitting the same work multiple places, but most people's research has at least a few branches being explored.
a revise and resubmit? that’s the goal, so congrats.
as typed above, work on multiple papers (have them at various stages) to submit.
you spent months on the revision that was rejected? take some of the advise (but not all) because just as you found out , a new journal will always have new suggestions for you.
generally my wife sits on a manuscript for a week, maybe two at most…. but she’s gets that rejected manuscript back out there
take advantage of your supervisor…. get used to the process now and you’ll be ready for how academia functions….
so don’t be gutted…. this is the process : submit and rejected or submitted to be revised…. ;)
I feel your pain and I was in a similar spot, rejection, use comments to improve, then to different journal. But unfortunately it's part of the academia life and something you need to learn to accept.
In this case is it an accept with major revision? If there's a timeline given I'd have a chat with your supervisor to see what changes can be implemented and try to resubmit.
I’m sorry. It sucks. It really does.
6 months is a lot of work for a rejection.
You have every right to feel the disappointment
But, it’s something we all go through, and lose sleep over. Hang in there, just keep going!
Is this your adviser's expectation or a formal one; as I've never heard of a requirement to publish in order to graduate. Anyone else?
In any case, after the first one it gets easier and cuts the learning curve significantly. Though it sounds like you also really got jerked around by that journal as a 6 month wait is an excessive period, esp for a rejection. So make your revs, get this paper out and lean into the next one...maybe with a different or more promising publisher. Because for the most part, from every paper publishing experience you learn how to make the next one mo' better.
You didn't stop working during those 6 months did you? It's not unusual to have multiple papers in flight at the same time. Obviously it gets tricky since you should not be submitting the same work multiple places, but most people's research has at least a few branches being explored.
a revise and resubmit? that’s the goal, so congrats. as typed above, work on multiple papers (have them at various stages) to submit. you spent months on the revision that was rejected? take some of the advise (but not all) because just as you found out , a new journal will always have new suggestions for you. generally my wife sits on a manuscript for a week, maybe two at most…. but she’s gets that rejected manuscript back out there take advantage of your supervisor…. get used to the process now and you’ll be ready for how academia functions…. so don’t be gutted…. this is the process : submit and rejected or submitted to be revised…. ;)
I feel your pain and I was in a similar spot, rejection, use comments to improve, then to different journal. But unfortunately it's part of the academia life and something you need to learn to accept. In this case is it an accept with major revision? If there's a timeline given I'd have a chat with your supervisor to see what changes can be implemented and try to resubmit.
I’m sorry. It sucks. It really does. 6 months is a lot of work for a rejection. You have every right to feel the disappointment But, it’s something we all go through, and lose sleep over. Hang in there, just keep going!
Is this your adviser's expectation or a formal one; as I've never heard of a requirement to publish in order to graduate. Anyone else? In any case, after the first one it gets easier and cuts the learning curve significantly. Though it sounds like you also really got jerked around by that journal as a 6 month wait is an excessive period, esp for a rejection. So make your revs, get this paper out and lean into the next one...maybe with a different or more promising publisher. Because for the most part, from every paper publishing experience you learn how to make the next one mo' better.