I seem to be getting an increasing number of submissions where the author has clearly not bothered to actually check that the paper was submitted correctly. Here is a rejection letter I wrote today. Dear xxxxx I am writing concerning manuscript #INTFOR_16xxxxx entitled “xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx” which you submitted to the International Journal of Forecasting. Thank you for this submission, but as it consists entirely of the IJF author guidelines, it is not suitable for publication in the …