Questions tagged [review-process]
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Peer review: Dealing with vague/open-ended/out-of-scope questions during review
I recently received some reviewer's comments on a paper I have under review.
One reviewer (out of three) in particular has raised a large number of points. Some are very clear and target specific ...
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Rebuttal stage optionally allows authors to revise their papers. Should I make use of that option?
I am contributing to a top conference. It is now in the rebuttal stage. During the rebuttal stage, it's allowed to revise the submitted papers, in addition to the mandatory rebuttal text of 800 words (...
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Do reviewers see other reviewer's comments/scores?
I have read that reviewers actually see other reviewers' comments during reviewing process of a conference (e.g. via easychair website). If that is the case; is that including the scores too? If so, ...
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What does the status "reviewers invited" mean after minor revision submission? [duplicate]
After a major revision and a minor revision before publication, the statues of my paper turned to "reviewers invited". Does it mean new reviewers were invited? Or this paper was just sent ...
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How should I write rebuttal?
I contributed to a conference. I just received feedback from reviewers. I need to write a rebuttal. But I am limited to 800 words.
Three reviewers pointed out some writing problems. For example, the ...
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How to resolve R&R without Decision
I have a paper that was resubmitted following a revise and resubmit around 18 months ago. I have been in contact with the editor several times and she has been sympathetic to my enquiries but has ...
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Should researchers/journal editors ever solicit referee reports from companies that are negatively affected by the research?
This is a general question inspired by an interesting question where a researcher investigated the efficacy of a product produced by a company and made adverse findings against the product. In that ...
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What does it mean that the status of a submitted major revision is simultaneously 'awaiting reviewer scores' and 'awaiting decision'?
A major revision was submitted to a journal. After some days, the status changed to 'awaiting reviewer scores', but there is also the status 'awaiting decision' right next to it. How should this ...
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Resubmitting the revised version of an article after deadline [closed]
I have already sent a manuscript to an Emerald Journal. The manuscript was reviewed and the deadline for submitting the revised paper was set for July 30. It's been about a month since the deadline ...
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Is the review process at MDPI fair to reviewers? [duplicate]
I was asked to review for an MDPI journal and realized while requesting to extend the deadline for my review that the editor at MDPI intended to send review requests to several reviewers, to gather ...
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Can I submit a manuscript to arxiv while it is under review in a journal?
My paper is under review in an Elsevier journal. It has been over a month and it's still in review stage. It might take another month for the reviews to come back. I should have submitted it to arxiv ...
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Can I call out a researcher for using Maple without citing it?
I am currently reviewing a theoretical CS paper that is incredibly technical and mathematical. I’ve been reviewing the paper for longer than a year now, and I am finally recommending the paper to be ...
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Could putting a manuscript onto arXiv affect the probability of a journal accepting it (even if the journal explicitly allows pre-prints)?
I am wondering if anyone knows, thinks or has measured whether putting a paper on arXiv before submitting to a journal has any impact on the paper reviewing process and on it being accepted or ...
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How is it possible that [insert known crackpot] has articles published in Peer-Reviewed Journals?
Note: This question is intended to be a generic version of something that gets asked occasionally on this site. I apologize for making it overly-contrived, but it's intended to be a generic template ...
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How long should I wait for review of minor revision? [duplicate]
I received an email form AE that "your manuscript will be accepted under the condition that revisions are made". Two of the reviewer's comments were not seriuos, suggesting minor revision ...
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How do you credit people who review your paper before submission?
How do you credit people for reviewing a manuscript prior to submission? I am referring to individuals with more knowledge and experience than myself, such as a professor. Where in the manuscript do ...
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Answers to Reviewers
We submitted a manuscript, received the reviews, and answered them all. We answered all of their comments, every single one, but my simple question is that if we are obliged to mention every minor ...
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The editor can't find additional reviewers [duplicate]
I received this message form the editor "Thanks for note. We have tried 11 potential reviewers to date and have one review at hand and another that is promised. We will be in touch once the ...
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"Awaiting Reviewer Scores"after "Minor Revision" [duplicate]
I have submitted an article (media and communication studies) to a ScholarOne journal. The paper was accepted with minor revision (two reviewers both recommended 'minor revision'). I revised the paper ...
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What can be done as a grant applicant if a criticism from a referee is scientifically wrong?
I proposed to work on a problem in the proposal, but one of the referees thought that the problem had already been solved in some previous papers. However, the papers they cited do not solve the ...
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Reviewer asking to do a study beyond our knowledge
I submitted a manuscript to a journal and recently I received the reviews. We have many reviewers assigned to the review process. One of the reviewers is asking us to perform some calculations that ...
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Responding to reviewer comments in IEEE conference
My paper was accepted into IEEE COMPSAC (a comp sci conference). As far as I can tell, it was a straight accept and not "conditional acceptance". The reviewers had some comments/questions on ...
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Reviewing a paper with suspiciously good results
I'm currently reviewing a paper which deals with iris recognition, submitted to a top conference in the field of biometrics. The paper's main contribution is a recognition model that, while presented ...
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Do reviewers really not know the identity of authors in fields that frequently use arXiv?
The point of peer review is anonymity but since most authors upload their papers to arxiv long before the paper is published (at least for math, stats, computer science etc), the reviewers should see ...
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Reviews, feedback and comments from collaborators/supervisors when writing in RMarkdown
Posting here rather than on StackOverflow as the question is not code-related.
I have been wanting to make the switch to RMarkdown for academic writing (as opposed to Word) for a while now, but there ...
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How to handle reviewer who is unhappy their recommendation wasn't followed?
Inspired by this incident.
The story is a long one, and it’s a bit complicated. The peer reviewer, based at the Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, had served as a peer-reviewer for a poorly-handled ...
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Hiring a professor to review doctoral thesis [closed]
Where can I find a professor to review my doctoral thesis? My current professor has a turnaround of 5 to 6 weeks before getting back to me with suggested revisions. I was hoping to hire someone to ...
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Is publishing in open access journal a good impression? [duplicate]
Is publishing in open access journal a good impression ? I mean publishing in such journals (where one has to pay money), will it be valuable compared to other journals ?
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What are the duties of the reviewer when reviewing a literature survey/review paper?
What are the minor and major concerns that the reviewer should be concerned about and what improvement suggestions should they take in mind when reviewing a survey/review paper?
Are their duties for ...
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Is it a minor or major revision, if only one of the reviewers asks for major?
I got a review from a reputed Elsevier journal. There're three reviewers, one decided recommend acceptation, other recommended a minor revision and the last one recommended a major revision.
Overall, ...
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Spot a possible improvement when reviewing a paper
In reviewing a paper I notice that the result presented there can be improved. However, the improvement may not be significant enough to appear in a good journal. Therefore, to me the best situation ...
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As a reviewer, should I act when the second reviewer did not seem to review the manuscript carefully?
I reviewed a manuscript and suggested a major revision, which was done in meantime. Now that I receive the revised manuscript again, I see that the 2nd reviewer wrote only one sentence in his review ...
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After the draft was accepted, can I ask the Editor to publish it as soon as possible? [duplicate]
One of our drafts was accepted for publication in Nov. 30, 2020. It has not been published online yet. I have not even received the first proof. Is it appropriate to push the Editor?
Thanks!
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Question for review [closed]
What are the type of question you can ask someone when you send you manuscript to for review. The person may not necessarily be in your field.
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Manuscript status is in "Revise and Resubmit" with only 1 reviewer's comment [duplicate]
Manuscript submitted in an elsevier journal is now in "Revise and Resubmit" status. Journal editor provided only one reviewer's comments. The comments suggested some minor changes only and ...
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Eleven reviewers invited but only one has accepted--is this a problem? [duplicate]
I have a manuscript under review at Nature Scientific Reports. The editorial system shows eleven reviewers invited but only one has accepted. Is this a problem? Is it normal?
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Statistical analysis plan giving away some of my results, Reviewer 2
Context: At the end of the methodology section, I explain that I will apply an ANOVA to check if at least one condition is different, then I will investigate using multiple comparisons.
The reviewers ...
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Combining 2 sections according to the reviewer’s comment
I get review comments for my manuscript. Reviewer suggested combine G section with B section as one section. So I combined as he/she suggested. Now I am preparing REPLY to reviewer’s comments. My ...
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Current status "minor review" what is next? [duplicate]
I submitted a paper in a journal under Taylor and Francis and after the first review the status of the paper is "minor review". Both of the reviewers said that my manuscript can be accepted ...
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What to do to speed up the paper publication process? [duplicate]
One month ago, I have submitted a paper in a journal under Taylor and Francis. 3/4 days later after the submission, the status changed to "under review" and till now the status remained ...
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China Postdoctoral system application processing time [closed]
how much time does it take for China postdoctoral system once we submit the application in system online?
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Change of email address in peer-review system
My goal is to serve as journal reviewers as much as possible, and I have recently changed affiliation. I have published several papers using my old affiliation's email address which is now closed ...
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Advice for internal grant application write up
I am writing an internal grant proposal (as a new faculty recruits). The university has asked for the names of at least three external experts as application reviewers. The university review panel (...
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A journal keeps requesting reviews after I have declined any more
I recently received an invitation to review two papers from a journal(!) through EDAS, which I have an account with, only because many years ago and while I was studying my Bachelor degree, I ...
