What are 2 questions peer reviewers ask themselves?

What are 2 questions peer reviewers ask themselves?

Are you the right reviewer? 5 questions to ask yourself

• Do I have a personal bias against the researcher or research topic?
• Do I have any conflicts of interest?
• Do I have the right expertise to peer review this paper?
• Will anything stop me from being confidential about the research?
• Can I be fair, polite and constructive to the researchers?

How do you write a peer response?

If you are the responder . . .

1. Carefully listen to and/or read the draft.
2. Answer the writer’s immediate questions.
3. Complete a response sheet to organize your ideas.
4. Then comment aloud about the writing. Tell what parts you like and suggest ways to make the writing even better.
5. Always be kind and polite in your remarks.

How do you revise a research paper and response to reviewers?

Revising your paper and responding to reviewer comments

1. Address all points raised by the editor and reviewers.
2. Describe the revisions to your manuscript in your response letter.
3. Perform any additional experiments or analyses the reviewers recommend (unless you feel that they would not make your paper better; if this is the case, explain why in your response letter)

How do I disagree with reviewers?

You can always defend your manuscript and write to the reviewer(s). Elaborating on your idea supporting it with strong evidence and rationale help reviewers reconsider and approve your manuscript. Be polite, give proper argument to explain why you differ with reviewer comment, and let the editor decide.

How do you respond to a journal acceptance?

I appreciate your acceptance of my paper for publication in the World Journal of Gastroenterology. I thank you for the valuable comments on this paper and have made the following adjustments accordingly. Reviewer #1 The manuscript is quite well written.

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 is major revision in Journal?

In my field (chemistry), the practice is: for those journals that make a clear distinction between minor and major revision requests, “major revision” means that the paper will have to undergo further review after revision, usually by the same referees, while “minor revision” means that while changes should be made, no …

How do you revise and resubmit?

An overview of the steps for revising and resubmitting your work, along with key pieces of advice from each Associate Editor, is provided below.

1. Step 1: Celebrate a little!
2. Step 2: Read the reviews.
3. Step 3: Revise the manuscript, and write the point-by-point response letter.
4. Step 4: Do not ignore feedback.