TMLR reached out to the authors of 10 papers slated for desk rejection, in an attempt to understand if the authors could explain the paper they submitted [D]

You can read more here: https://medium.com/@TmlrOrg/asking-authors-about-their-own-papers-3d2e04e5dee0 The results are (imho) concerning. Taken from the article: Of the ten submissions: Authors of one paper withdrew their submission. Authors of one paper said they were unavailable due to other commi