Journal #1: Your work is too broad for an article in our journal.
I made some minors edits….
Journal #2: Your topic is too narrow for our journal.
Sigh….
For some reason, the Genesis song “That’s All” comes to mind:
Just as I thought it was going alright
I find out I’m wrong, when I thought I was right
It’s always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all
I could say day, you’d say night
Tell me it’s black when I know that it’s white
It’s always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all.
Did Phil Collins once write for the academic press?