Care to explain? If a paper is not interesting, it would not get past reviewers. Unless "interesting" is not part of the criteria for entry to the journal? That sounds interesting if true, but that certainly has never been my experience.

I feel like I am going crazy, since this is taught in most academic writing courses. Being replicable or persuasive or correct is not enough. It needs to be perceived as valuable, or it will not get through. I learned that the hard way, and found others that taught this message only later.