Responding to Reviewers' Comments

Responding to reviewers' comments on submitted articles.

The letter from the editor generally comes in one of 4 flavors. First, a manuscript may be accepted without any changes. If this happens to you, count yourself lucky; such an editorial response is rare. In our experience, this has happened only once for each of us. Second, the manuscript may be accepted with suggestions for minor revisions. Again, count your blessings, quickly make the suggeste...

Preparing reports for publication and responding to reviewers' comments.

This article is based on a chapter of a new book, Clinical Epidemiology: How to Do Clinical Practice Research, which is about designing and conducting practical research in clinical settings. Those most likely to benefit from our suggestions are early in their academic careers (the ‘‘you’’ in the following discussion), though we hope more senior clinician-scientists will also identify some help...

Responding to reviewers' comments as part of writing for publication.

AIMS The aim of this paper is to provide a resource for authors to help them in getting their work published. The focus is on dealing with, and responding to, the comments of reviewers. BACKGROUND The importance to research of nurses writing for publication is widely acknowledged. However, a number of significant barriers to nurses actively engaging in this form of dissemination has been iden...

Response to Reviewers ’ Comments

Comments to the Reviewers