Some Basics for Answering to Reviewers’ Comments

Abstract

It is worth mentioning that rarely it happens that a paper is accepted as such after its submission. So you have to expect that you will have to revise your manuscript, so do not expect your paper to be accepted at its first submission. It should be kept in mind that the suggestions are meant to improve your manuscript scientifically and technically. Mentally you have to prepare yourself at the following points;

• It does not guarantees that a paper will be accepted for publication once it is revised, may be asked for further revision or if poorly responded there are chances to be rejected.
• Comments by the reviewers are always to improve your writing both scientifically and technically, so do not take comments by the reviewers personally, in fact, become perspective so that your responses are not self-justifying and marked with anger.
• Review process is not argumentative, in fact journal editorial board and reviewers wish to see good scientifically sound work get published. So develop a consensus, take your time at least a few days to plan before beginning to respond.
• Always remember “Reviews typically make manuscripts better!” to make a sense of how to publish a good scientific knowledge.