Rejecta Mathematica releases inaugural issue

What if there was an academic journal that published only papers rejected by other journals?

Thanks to a group of four Rice DSP graduate students and alumni, now there is: Rejecta Mathematica (math.rejecta.org). Rejecta Mathematica, founded by Mark Davenport, Jason Laska, Christopher Rozell, and Michael Wakin, publishes only papers that have been previously rejected by peer-reviewed journals.

The founders hope to feature papers that have been rejected for a variety of reasons, including papers containing:

• minor or traditionally unpublishable results,
• non-traditional ideas and proof techniques,
• misunderstood genius,
• results based on questionable assumptions,
• and controversial papers and open letters.

To learn more about Rejecta Mathematica and its mission, read the letter from the editors in the inaugural issue.

You can find links to more stories about Rejecta Mathematica (including articles in The Economist, Nature, Science, and USA Today) here.