Questions tagged [peer-review]
On the evaluation of work (typically, a publication or grant proposal) by the author's peers. This includes: refereeing, which is often used to determine an academic paper's suitability for publication in a journal or conference; peer evaluation of teaching skills; peer review of research grant proposals; and post-publication review of a book or article, as is common in the field of mathematics.
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May my distinguished referee award be withdrawn if I inform the editors that I've actually left academia?
I left academia years ago and am self-employed, but haven't stopped refereeing papers for one of the journals I published a few papers in. Now I've been informed by the editors that I've been selected ...
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Multiple proposals assigned to the same study section in NIH
I would like to know everybody's ideas about having multiple NIH proposals being reviewed in one study section/scientific review group (group of peer reviewers that evaluate proposals on a particular ...
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Reviewer left no comments. What should I do?
I received a major revision from IEEE Transactions, however one reviewer left no comments. Earlier this already happened to me and the reviewer had left the comments in “Comments to Editors” section. ...
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Is a 20 days period of time enough to review a journal paper for a first time even if the paper subject is in the heart of my research area?
I have accepted a journal paper for a peer review for the first time. However, given a very limited time to review it, I’m no longer confident about whether to continue or come back from it.
The ...
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Can a research paper be accepted if its results are very close to previous works but are not better than those?
There are different metaheuristic algorithms for evaluating optimization benchmark problems, some give better results than others and some don't. If a novel metaheuristic has a very close fitness ...
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Is it normal to reject a peer-reviewed paper and then reject it after accepting it without specifying the exact reasons?
It seems that a paper has been peer-reviewed and then rejected again, which is weird:
An "independent, internal review" had "identified a number of issues
with the peer-review and ...
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Ethics of using knowledge gained from reviewing submissions available as preprints
There seems to be a notion that, when reviewing a paper, you are not supposed to use the knowledge acquired from that paper in your own research. In particular, you shouldn't build upon the paper's ...
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Is there any other chance for looking to the paper after rejection?
I got a rejection after minor revisions although I handled all requirements.
I got comments from two reviewers:
Reviewer #1: Good work. Like the paper.
Reviewer #2: I like these kinds of quantitative ...
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What should I do when the review process takes longer than expected? [duplicate]
First case: my paper got minor revisions and is "under review" since 27/10. Is it normal to take all this time for minor revisions? Can I ask the editor to remind the reviewers or can I ask ...
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Responding to a reviewer who asks to clarify a sentence containing an irrelevant word
In one of the papers, I have mistakenly written a wrong/irrelevant word which makes the sentence vague. The sentence contains review of somebody else's work. The referee is confused and has asked for ...
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Can the academic editor accept a paper if the reviewers have opposite opinions? [duplicate]
I have submitted a paper for review. I have made 4 revisions. The one reviewer accepted the paper and the other reviewer rejected the paper. Is there any chance that my paper will be totally accepted ...
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Peer Review, round 1, 6 reviewer reports, what could be the reason?
I have sent a manuscript to Optica, I have published there before and in other high-impact journals. This time my submission was first sent to 5 referees (I listed three names as requested). I thought ...
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Reviewer detects problems on my paper on the 4th revision that he did not notice on the previous 3 revisions
I submitted a paper that has now been reviewed four times. In the first revision the two reviewers had comments, which I addressed. On the 2nd revision the reviewers had fewer comments, which I also ...
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One reviewer (or more) hasn’t responded yet. Should I send an email, or should I wait longer? [duplicate]
I recently wrote my first paper and submitted it to the solar energy journal in late August. About two weeks later, its status changed to “under review” and an email has sent to me with a link to a ...
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Can I mention that the article is extremely short in a query to the editor?
Every advice on query letters to editors on the status of a manuscript after months of silence says not to sound demanding, impatient, not to give the editor motive for disliking you, etc.
I’ve got a ...
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How to deal with attacks focusing on minor points and subjective points in an academic debate/paper writing?
I wrote a paper that invalids a previous result. The referee heavily attacks "minor points" such as typos, misuse of jargons, overall "hard to read", and some story-telling or ...
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Adding a list of changes or raised rebuttal during the revision process
If the editorial manager wants a list of changes during the revision process, is it normal to add another file (what should this be called? Should it be a highlight or the name of the file is not ...
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Empirical method without any solid theoretical background
I am working on a paper after peer review and struggling to address one of the comments that states "empirical method without any solid theoretical background". It is a paper about machine ...
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Revision for the fourth time with major revisions disguised as minor revision
I sent an article to a journal of a reputed publisher. After about six months and 3 revisions, of which 2 were major and 1 was minor, I re-submitted the article. However, after the third revision, I ...
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How do I deal with a referee who tries to make me cite ten of their articles? [duplicate]
I have received back an article asking for major revisions. As far as I know, the journal is a reputable one. The referee stated that the introduction is 'very short and poor' and that the authors ...
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Review recommendation when you can't review all of the paper
I'm reviewing a paper on a theoretical topic in the physical sciences. My opinion is that one part of the paper is valuable and deserves to be published, but another part needs attention from a ...
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Asking Editor to remind reviewer about my paper
I have a paper in submission and only managed to revise it after more than 8 months when I emailed the editor a reminder about my paper. I have re-submitted my paper about a month ago but from the ...
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Should I improve the article even the reviewers didn't point out? [duplicate]
A reviewer's comment:
some sections, such as A, are very short and they need to be expanded or removed; other sections such as B and C are very superficially developed
So I am wondering if I am ...
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Is "academic incest" a concern with research grant applications?
A colleague and I, early-career researchers, are planning to submit a research funding proposal. The research program we are envisioning would need a third PI with complementary expertise and ...
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A quick process of peer-review? [duplicate]
I submitted my paper to a Taylor Francis Journal on Sept 21. Only recently it appeared out for review on Oct 25 and now shows reviews completed. I suspect that it will come out as a rejection. It ...
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Can you describe profile of respondents in the result section?
I have read many articles where the description of respondents (their characteristics) are put at the beginning of results section. Is it ok? Will your manuscript be rejected if you did so, but ...
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Who should I message for the status of a paper?
I need to check the status of my paper. Should I message the Editor-in-Chief or the Journals Editorial Office (JEO)?
While Editor-in-Chief who sent to me the comments of the reviewers.
Will it be a ...
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Should one wait with resubmitting revisions until the very last day?
A colleague of mine recently suggested to wait with the re-submission of a revised article until the very end (e.g. the deadline day). His rationale is that reviewers might be less inclined to dig in ...
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what does means Paper status: Finished? [duplicate]
I submitted my paper to a journal. After 6 mounth with status: under review, yesterday the status changed to "paper status: Finished". I don't understand what does means by this?
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The date that the final manuscript is due is in a few weeks. Should I get response now about if my paper was accepted or not?
I submitted my paper on 1 July for the issue with these dates:
deadline for submitting 31/7
final manuscript due 15/11
I got a change in the date at "9/9 under review" then "28/9 with ...
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Is missing or adding a word accidentally in a citation serious mistake. Can it be fixed before publishing? [duplicate]
You accidentally made a mistake in a citation in a submitted paper. For example, you cited a list from one author and you accidently made a mistake in one of the bullets. Let's say you added a word ...
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Will reviewers reject manuscript due to punctuation? [duplicate]
Recently I sent a manuscript and realized that I had some punctuation mistakes, such as fullstop before in text citation in addition to fullstop after it, and some mistakes in reference list (for ...
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Will reviewers focus on mistakes in references such as missing fullstop or not italic?
I am new to this research world and very confused. I submitted the manuscript to a journal and a few hours after I submitted it, I realized that I had made some mistakes. While I was working on ...
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Should I improve the article even the reviewers didn't request to do it?
Currently, I submitted my article to the frontiers series and received comments from the reviewers. After revising the article, I let a native English speaker help me to check it.
She made great ...
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Who is supposed to message in this situation? [duplicate]
I need to inquire about the expected date for the final decision as I sent the minor revisions since one month . should I message Editor-in-Chief or Journals Editorial Office (JEO). what is the time ...
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Withdrawing a manuscript after reviews - acknowledging reviewers in new submission
My coauthors and I have submitted a paper to a fairly prestigious journal. We have received favorable reviews and were in the process of incorporating the reviewer's suggestions into the final ...
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what should i do in this situation , please? [duplicate]
I got minor revisions for my paper and sent it by 20/9 , in 23/9 I got change in the status to be "with the editor" then I got change in the date in 5/10 and the status is "with the ...
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Conference rejects submissions with undeclared Conflicts of Interest (COI) automatically found on DBLP instead of using them to choose reviewers. Why?
I read some email about some paper submission:
Here are potential COIs [Conflicts of Interest] found by our automated tool, which uses DBLP to detect recent coauthorships: [Alice, Bob]. Per [...
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How do Journals find reviewers and their contact information?
I recently received an email asking to review for a reputable journal (I recognize the journal, and the person listed as Associate Editor is listed as an associate editor on the journal's editorial ...
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Is it possible to re-submit the manuscript again without being restricted to a specific time?
My manuscript was submitted to a reputable magazine. During the revision process, I revised the manuscript again. When the reviewers finished making changes, the comments I received matched the ones I ...
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Is it okay to send a mail to journal's editor for the review's status after four months of submission? [duplicate]
I am a middle-year Ph.d. student in mathematics. I submitted my first paper to a peer-reviewed journal exactly four months ago. For your information, it is a subject journal, not a general math ...
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With Editor after Decision in process [duplicate]
I got minor revision from one of the Journals after Decision in Process- status change to With Editor-.any explanation
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Should I ask for a fast response?
I got minor revisions and sent the updates by 20 September but didn't get any response yet. I asked the editor by 10 October for the status and he replied that “the paper is with the editor for the ...
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I am an independent researcher (without affiliations). Where can I find articles to peer-review?
I am an independent researcher in the field of data science, discrete mathematics and parallel computing. I looked up Elsevier and MDPI. They all ask for affiliations to allow me to peer-review. Is ...
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Reviewer asked me clarify a point – should I add it to manuscript or to the response to reviewer?
A reviewer asked me to clarify one point:
why was a triple marker offered to a 39 year old women? Is it a
routine practice in your setting? Did we offer quadruple? Or was it
not available? Please ...
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Do I need to get my supervisors to double check the article at the copyediting stage?
Basically I'm at the last stage of the article review process. We've already been through 2 rounds of copyediting (after the peer review stage), which none of my supervisors read as they trusted me to ...
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Is there a "blind" e-print service?
Motivated by questions such as Double blind review allowing arXiv submissions :
is there a respectable e-print website (ideally Arxiv itself) that allows me to submit a "blind preprint", i.e....
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Manuscript status changed to under review again after with associated editor, what could be the reason? [duplicate]
Recently I submitted major revision to the IEEE journal. For 16 days, my manuscript status was showing to be under review and after that status changed to with associated editor for a day. Now status ...
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What does "revision is due by" mean?
I got a minor revision with the message "Your revision is due by 19 Oct 2022." I sent the comments in by Sept. 23.
Will I have to wait until Oct. 19 for an update, as the status still with ...
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Do I have to report all data and how should I deal with outliers if there are too many?
Say I have a hypothesis and then did the experiment 10 times and collected 10 data points. Five of the data points agree well with my hypothesis, but the other five are outliers. I strongly believe in ...
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