Not That Sort Of Doctor - Again

Fester (BSc MSc PhD Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society) spent his career in scientific research, mostly in entomology, and has written hundreds of learned papers about insects, their distribution, their effects on crops and vice versa, which have been published in several serious journals.  Because of his statistical expertise (number crunching) his name has also appeared in the list of co-authors in many papers produced by the agricultural department (it’s had many titles over the years) of Newcastle University; these have included comparisons of the vitamins and minerals in carrots, and milk, produced by conventional and organic farming.

Because of this he regularly receives emails inviting him to submit papers to journals or speak at scientific conferences.  They quickly find their way into the spam or trash box.   

Apart from the fact he doesn’t want to, the invitations are usually irrelevant to his areas of expertise.

(See also last year’s blog Not That Sort Of Doctor)

From Facebook Archives

15 February 2023 at 16.14

So there I was going through Fester's emails (because he chooses to be unable to do so) and I come across:-

"Dear Dr Fester,

We tried contacting you several times, but since you never responded, we'd like to do so once more as a courtesy.

For the new edition, we are missing one article. Can you help us out by contributing an article to this issue of the Annals of Alzheimer's and Dementia Care (ISSN: 2692-448X) by March 02, 2023, at the latest?"

and…

"Dear Dr Fester,

We tried contacting you several times, but since you never responded, we'd like to do so once more as a courtesy.

For the new edition, we are missing one article. Can you help us out by contributing an article to this issue of the Archives of Depression and Anxiety (ISSN: 2455-5460) by March 02, 2023, at the latest?"

Miss Doozer  The jokes write themselves...

Sheamus Murphy  It's so sad when a commissioning editor is forgetful and is getting stressed!