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One of my papers got accepted yesterday. We had received conflicting opinions from the reviewers even after three rounds of revisions. We also had written a rebuttal directly to the Editor in response to one of the reviewers' comments in the last revision.

I never reply to an Editor after receiving an acceptance letter. However, this time I am sure the Editor had to take a decent amount of time to review our responses and reviewers' comments and make an informed decision.

Is it common to thank the Editor after acceptance email?

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Is it common to thank the Editor after acceptance email?

It is uncommon, but this review was also an uncommon one. From your description, it sounds like the Editor would have done a substantial amount of work considering the competing merits of conflicting reviews and your own rebuttal to a reviewer. That is work in excess of what would normally occur in a review process, and so it would not be out of place to email and thank the Editor for his/her work. It is nice to get thank-yous for doing your job well, so I would recommend you go with your instinct and send a thank-you email.

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Is it common to thank the Editor after acceptance email?

It's uncommon. I've handled hundreds of papers and I think I've seen this only a few times.

Aside from that I agree with Buffy's answer - write a thank-you email or not, you are just fine. I generally just smiled and moved on to the next paper, after all.

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    Yep. I ended up just smiling. No reply.
    – user2512443
    Commented Feb 13, 2019 at 2:24
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I don't think it is essential unless there was something left unresolved in the last communication. Of course it is always polite to thank people. But to the editor it is a business decision, rather than a personal one. So, either way, writing or not, you are just fine. And congratulations on the acceptance.

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  • "to the editor it is a business decision" Usually the editor is unpaid.
    – Anonymous Physicist
    Commented Feb 12, 2019 at 21:53
  • @AnonymousPhysicist, probably, but the journal is still a business. That is a different thing altogether. Even paid editors make business decisions that don't impact on themselves directly.
    – Buffy
    Commented Feb 12, 2019 at 21:57

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