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| discipline = [[mathematics]]

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| abbreviation = Rejecta Math.

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'''''Rejecta Mathematica''''' was an online [[Academic journal|journal]] for publishing [[Academic publishing#Scholarly paper|paper]]s that had been rejected by other [[mathematics]] journals.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2009-07-31|title=Random Samples|url=http://science.sciencemag.org/content/325/5940/r-samples|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|language=en|volume=325|issue=5940|pages=521|issn=0036-8075|viadoi=10.1126/science.325_521a|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.nature.com/news/2009/07/bring_us_your_tired_your_poor.html|title=Bring us your tired, your poor, your rejected papers|last=Maher|first=Brendan|date=2009-07-14|website=[[Nature (journal)|Nature News]]|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref> Each paper was accompanied by an [[open letter]] describing why the paper was rejected, how the topic has been developed since and why it is worthy of publication. The first issue was published in July 2009 containing topics such as [[image enhancement]] and [[condition number]]s.<ref name=Hm/> The quality of the contributions in the first issue was seen as mixed.<ref name=AT>{{citation| url=https://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/07/send-us-your-rejects-rejecta-mathematica-goes-live.ars |title=Send us your rejects |author= John Timmer |date=July 20, 2009 | publisher=Ars Technica}}</ref> The editors were Michael Wakin, Christopher Rozell, Mark Davenport and Jason Laska.<ref name=Hm>{{citation| url=http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14119761 | title=Huddled maths |publisher=[[The Economist]] | date=August 1, 2009 | volume=392| issue=8642}}</ref>

AfterIn June 2011, almost two years sinceafter the inaugural issue, the second issue was published; in June 2011 andit contains topics such as subspace classification and distributions of [[pseudoprime]]s.

{{As of|2018|January}}, the original website is no longer online, but an archival copy is hosted on [[GitHub]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rejecta.github.io/mathematica/|title=mathematica by rejecta|website=rejecta.github.io|access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref>

A similar [[operating model]] is implemented by unconventional journals like ''[[Annals of Improbable Research]]'', the ''Null Hypothesis: The Journal of Unlikely Science'', the ''[[Journal of Irreproducible Results]]'' or, in different contexts, by ''[[Health Promotion International]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Evelyne|last1= de Leeuw|url=https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/26/1/1/683350|title=Theory and Policy Innovation for Health: where has the creativity and fun gone? |journal=Health Promotion International|volume =26|issue =1|date= March 1, 2011|pages =1–3|doi=10.1093/heapro/dar001|pmid= 21296910|hdl=10536/DRO/DU:30032552|hdl-access=free}}</ref>

==See also==

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[[Category:Mathematics journals]]

[[Category:PublicationsAcademic journals established in 2009]]

[[Category:Publications disestablished in 2013]]