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How do you write a rebuttal letter?

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How do you write a rebuttal letter?

This stepwise breakdown of writing a rebuttal letter aims to assist authors during the revision to ensure grant of appeal.Step 1: Say Thank You. Acknowledge the reviewers time, comments and expertise. Step 2: Be Modest. Step 3: Keep it Short. Step 4: Explain Everything. Step 5: Major Comments and Minor Comments.

How do you respond to revise and resubmit?

How to respond to a “revise and resubmit” decision from a journal: 10 Steps to a successful revisionRead the letter from the editor. Create an Excel file to list the revisions. Extract the suggestions from the reviewers’ and editors’ comments. Re-arrange the suggestions for revision in a logical fashion.

What are major revisions?

Major revisions may require simply moving parts of the text around, or they may require the authors to reanalyze the data and rewrite the whole manuscript. Such revisions necessitate conceptual reorganization, proper judgment, and the investment of considerable time and serious effort by the author.

What are minor revisions?

Most commonly: “Minor Revision” implies that publication is desirable and a limited number of changes will bring the manuscript up to scratch. “Major Revision” implies that the manuscript needs considerable reworking prior to reconsideration.

What does moderate revision mean?

Moderate revision Your article has a good chance of being accepted, but requires additional changes to be made to satisfy our reviewers. These changes usually require more time and it is likely we will need to send the revised article back to at least one of the reviewers.

What does substantial revision mean?

Substantial revision means that you not only re-wrote something, but had to “re-think” it. Most dramatically, you may have realized that you wanted to write about a different topic. Then you’d have to re-think the whole paper. But there are other ways of re-thinking and re-seeing your essays.

What does Revision requested mean?

Actually, “revision requested” is more informative since “revise and resubmit” could mean that the paper is rejected and being revised for resubmission to another journal.

What revision means?

: a change or a set of changes that corrects or improves something. : a new version of something : something (such as a piece of writing or a song) that has been corrected or changed.

What is a revised paper?

Revision literally means to “see again,” to look at something from a fresh, critical perspective. It is an ongoing process of rethinking the paper: reconsidering your arguments, reviewing your evidence, refining your purpose, reorganizing your presentation, reviving stale prose.