How do you respond to reviewers?
Provide a “yes” or “no” answer whenever possible. When the reviewer is correct, state so in your response. Your goal is to show the reviewer that you took their comments seriously, and you should quickly convey what you did in response to their critique.
How do you respond to reviewer comments the calm way?
How to respond to reviewer comments – the CALM way
- C: Comprehend (keep your cool!) When the decision letter arrives, read over the comments…Take time to understand the reviewers’ feedback and consider what they are asking you to do.
- A: Answer (amend or advocate!)
- L: List (make a list…
- M: Mindful (make it easy for the editor – they will appreciate it!)
What is the peer review process and why is it important?
Peer review involves subjecting the author’s scholarly work and research to the scrutiny of other experts in the same field to check its validity and evaluate its suitability for publication. A peer review helps the publisher decide whether a work should be accepted.
How do you tell if a study is peer-reviewed?
If the article is from a printed journal, look at the publication information in the front of the journal. If the article is from an electronic journal, go to the journal home page and look for a link to ‘About this journal’ or ‘Notes for Authors’. Here it should tell you if the articles are peer-reviewed.
How do you know if an article is peer reviewed on ebsco?
Using a command line search, you can locate peer previewed articles. To search for peer reviewed journals only, attach and RV Y to the end of your search. RV is the tag for peer reviewed and Y is the variable indicating “Yes.”
Is everything on PubMed peer reviewed?
Most of the journals in Medline/PubMed are peer-reviewed. Generally speaking, if you find a journal citation in Medline/PubMed you should be just fine.
How do you know if an article is scholarly and peer reviewed?
The clearest and most reliable indicator of a scholarly article is the presence of references or citations. Some library databases allow you to limit your search to scholarly articles. (The graphic below is from an EBSCOhost database. Check the box to apply the scholarly/peer-review journal limit.)
Is PubMed trustworthy?
The growth of PubMed Central (PMC) and public access mandates have affected PubMed’s composition. The authors tested recent claims that content in PMC is of low quality and affects PubMed’s reliability, while exploring PubMed’s role in the current scholarly communications landscape.
Is ScienceDirect a reliable source?
These sources consist of legitimate science or are evidence based through the use of credible scientific sourcing. See all Pro-Science sources. Overall, we rate ScienceDirect 100% Pro-Science and Very High for factual information.
What is the best source of scientific information?
Why use scientific papers? Scientific papers are the best source of information on the internet. These papers use rigorous experimental and statistical methods that improve validity of the evidence presented within them.
Is ScienceDirect a scholarly journal?
What is ScienceDirect? ScienceDirect is Elsevier’s platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature. It includes thousands of books, journal articles, and other reference materials. ACM Professional and Student members have access to select content from ScienceDirect.
Who is the owner of Elsevier?
RELX
Who is the CEO of Elsevier?
Kumsal Bayazit (Feb 15, 2019–)
Which is better SCI or Scopus?
As per a bibliometric research conducted by Rafael Ball and Dirk lunger, SCI journals have shown the higher citation rates when compared to Scopus. But because many journals do not get published in SCI, Scopus is still a better choice amongst the other competitors in the market.
What’s wrong with Elsevier?
Elsevier still made $1.17 billion in publishing in 2017, which is precisely the problem, according to its critics. But publishers charge hefty subscription fees, making that knowledge often inaccessible to researchers at all but the wealthiest institutions.