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That was fast! I submitted a paper to a journal a few days ago, and I already got a rejection - the fastest one I've ever gotten.

Actually, it was what is called a "desk rejection", where the journal editors make a judgement that the paper is not appropriate for the journal before sending it out to a referee. It wasnt surprising, since they editor pointed out a problem with the paper we were already aware of.

But, we didn't mind too much. In fact, I wish more editors did that (not reject my papers, of course, but to make a quick decision). It's far better to get a rejection quickly than to go through the alternative: to have the paper sent out to a referee who takes several months to get back to you, get a revise and resubmit, satisfy the referee's demands, and THEN to have the editor tell you that the paper "doesn't make a significant contribution".

As Shakespeare would say, "If the deed t'were done, tis best t'were done quickly". Now we figure out where to send it next. It's not doing us any good on my desk, after all...

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