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Peer Review Antagonist Mean-spirited Civil Engineering

The comments of the Editor-in-Chief about your paper were: This paper does not meet the scientific level required by this journal.

- Comment from Cement and Concrete Research reviewer

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This was the main paper from my PhD and was rejected by the editor-in-chief right off the bat. What does "does not meet the scientific level of the journal" even mean???
Plot twist: the manuscript had great insights on the theme and, after this ludicrous rejection, was submitted to a journal with the same JCR range. It has had over 30 citations since 2019, being among the top 20% most cited papers of the area (construction materials).