Since reject-and-resubmit does not exist as a formal decision category (formally, its a reject after all), it can be unclear to authors, especially inexperienced SSP established The Scholarly Kitchen blog in February 2008 to keep SSP members and interested parties aware of new developments in publishing. Major revision = your article is in a kind of limbo state where it Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Submit or Surrender? WebFor this reason, we encourage you to consider revising the manuscript in response to the comments given below and submitting it as a new submission to TGRS. For journals that are looking to publish top tier content, passable is not good enough. By declining, we will only use cookies to track your authentication session and consent preferences. In the meantime, authors should really put as much thought into how to respond to a review as they did in deciding where to submit. Dont refer to page numbers, but use line numbers or cite the start of the sentence in the particular section. Wiley Editing Services offers English Language Editing services, which you can use prior to submission if you are not confident in the quality of your English writing skills. These options will be determined by local law and regulations or your associations governing documents. When this happens, consider objectively if there are any fatal flaws. Reject and Resubmit (or revise and resubmit) (hereafter, R&R) = your article has been rejected. Sometimes, the advice in a Revise & Resubmit is unclear. Other times, that feedback will resonate with me and/or will point out less subjective plot holes, narrative issues, and so forth. Write a detailed You said, we did letter. Though the resubmission rate is higher than standard form rejection, if I keep getting these and nothing else, Ill consider a revision. Perhaps the most important is that it is the editors job to publish good content. They will be asking themselves the following questions: Upon closer readings, the reviewer will be looking for any major issues: The reviewer will also note minor issues that need to be corrected: The journals editor or editorial board considers the feedback provided by the peer reviewers and uses this information to arrive at a decision. On the other hand, those reviewers may also want you to do extra experiments to strengthen your results and conclusions. Authorservices.Wiley.Com. What are some common reasons for rejected a paper after it got an R&R? You may not be able to control what the reviewers write in their review comments, but you can control the way you react to their comments. That same reviewer gets the exact same paper from Journal B. Do not resubmit This is not something to take personally, and if you do, you might preemptively burn the wood, stone, and girders that could have been built into a bridge on a subsequent submission. If authors However, the content of that letter was not what you expected. Inaccurate conclusions on assumptions that are not supported by your data. In my experience, these types of personal rejections come after a story is shortlisted, and they helpfully explain why the editor did not choose to accept the story. If the journal editor approves your revision plan, you must then carefully make the changes required by the editor and reviewers. If you do decide to resubmit the paper, please include a point-by-point response to the comments of the reviewers along with the new paper in order to expedite its review. Call the editor! It reduces performance on difficult intellectual tasks, and can also contribute to aggression and poor impulse control, as DeWall explains in a recent review (Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2011). [CDATA[> It is a bit annoying, but I actually feel better that my work is being thoroughly reviewed by at least 2-3 objective minds before it is officially and permanently added to the literature. So thats how individual types of rejections influence my decision to revise or resubmit a story. Because we have a lot of journals, we also see papers declined form one and submitted unchanged to another. Standards may include the ca-23 pacity of a program, class, grade level or school building. Its Friday, 6:57 p.m. in the newsroom, and no one wants to be there. For more on this read Andrew Gelman: http://andrewgelman.com/2016/09/21/what-has-happened-down-here-is-the-winds-have-changed/. It is very common for papers to be rejected. One would argue that it would need to be significantly different to the original manuscript and addressed the main reviewers comments otherwise the same reviewers are likely (from your submitted keywords) and the same outcome. Heather Knoeferl, DSL, OTR/L Expand search. The level of competition for acceptance and page space within the journal, The article contains elements that are suspected to be plagiarized, or it is currently under review at another journal (submitting the same paper to multiple journals at the same time is not allowed), The manuscript is insufficiently well prepared; for example, lacking key elements such as the title, authors, affiliations, keywords, main text, references, and tables and figures, The English is not of sufficient quality to allow a useful peer review to take place, The figures are not complete or are not clear enough to read, The article does not conform to the most important aspects of the specific journals Author Guidelines, The study lacked clear control groups or other comparison metrics, The study did not conform to recognized procedures or methodology that can be repeated, The analysis is not statistically valid or does not follow the norms of the field, The arguments are illogical, unstructured or invalid, The conclusions ignore large portions of the literature, It is archival, or of marginal interest to the field; it is simply a small extension of a different paper, often from the same authors, Findings are incremental and do not significantly advance the field, The work is clearly part of a larger study, chopped up to make as many articles as possible (so-called salami publication), Make a list of all the reviewer comments and number them, requests for clarification of existing text, addition of text to fill a gap in the paper, or additional experimental details, requests to reanalyze, re-express, or reinterpret existing data, requests for additional experiments or further proof of concept, Note down the action/response that you plan to undertake for each comment. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Most editors do not appreciate authors ignoring reviewer comments. WebRevise and Resubmit Incorporate Comments, Up-Rev & Resubmit at the next document lifecycle Code 2 status code Work May Proceed Rejected Address highlighted deficiencies, Up-Rev and Resubmit at the next document lifecycle Code 3 status code Work May not proceed Code 4 Review Not Required Do not resubmit Code 5 Whether youre about to send out your first query letter or youve built up that callus I described in Reframing Rejection, I wish you the best of luck as you move forward. How long does a revise and resubmit take? Since this experience is common among researchers, if you think you need it, give yourself some time to recover from rejection. Then, get to work revising your manuscript! Web5 Rhetorical Moves for the Resubmit Letter . I am sharing my experience here so that it could be informative for others. As my paper was rejected from a Q1 journal, I addressed all the review Revise and resubmit is just a step below reject. Click here to read Wileys review confidentiality policy and check the review model for each journal we publish. [CDATA[// >