How to Respond to Journal Reviewers
The art of writing responses to reviewers’ comments for journal articles
Getting published is an important aspect of research in order to gain visibility to your work. To get your work published, you may have to go through several iterations of revisions and polishing until your manuscript reaches the standards and expectations of the target journal and its reviewers. If you are new to research and you get the reviewers’ comments, you may feel lost and the process of responding to comments seems to be a mystery. In this article, I will share with you some tips I have learned on how to prepare a revised submission, how to handle criticisms and how to respond accordingly.
Disclaimer: This article is based on my experience responding to review comments for the journal articles I have published. The examples provided are generic and are not related to any specific field.
You have worked hard on your article explaining your latest solution, polished every paragraph, checked all figures and tables, revised the flow many times, and finally, submitted your perfect manuscript for peer review. Now you keep on checking your inbox every two hours, waiting for an email of acceptance. Then one day, you see that there is an email requesting major revisions to your article. It is utterly shocking…
