Tag: Reviewers

Here are 3 ways to write a great summary response to reviewers of your research manuscript. You can also download the free template to help.

The revision process can represent a golden opportunity to enhance your work based upon input from the reviewers. With this in mind, you can respond in a way that maximizes your chances of having your paper accepted upon resubmission.

A large amount of time, nearly 15 million hours, is spent on reviewing rejected papers each year. An industry standard for portable peer review would reduce the amount of time busy researchers spend reviewing and re-reviewing the same papers.

• Peer review is a very valuable process, but it can be very frustrating.
• It is important to maintain a positive, cordial tone even when reviewers clearly misunderstood or did not read your work carefully.

Learn about ACS Reviewer Lab and how it can help peer review in this personal reflection of the course!

There are a few typical English language errors that can easily be avoided by academic researchers to increase the chances of their work being published in an academic journal.

• Many researchers do not get any specific instructions on being a peer reviewer.
• In addition to the need to thoroughly read the manuscript and offer ways to improve it, it is important to understand the ethical considerations inherent to the process.