What does accepted with major revisions mean?

What does accepted with major revisions mean?

Accept with major revisions: An editor arrives at this decision when a manuscript needs to be substantially improved before it can be accepted. The author has to submit the revised manuscript along with a point-by-point response to the reviewer comments.

Are major revisions accepted?

To my experience, major revision in general leads to the acceptance of a manuscript reviewed and re-reviewed for several rounds. Minor revision may undergo referee evaluation; however, in most cases, the editor accepts the paper without sending the revised manuscript to the reviewer.

What are major revisions?

In short, “major revisions” means you’ve got work to do on your manuscript, but you’re still very much in the game. Your target journal’s editor has sent your manuscript to two or more peer reviewers. At least one of them felt that some substantial changes were needed before the journal can publish your work.

How do you respond to a revision request?

Scientific Manuscript Editing : 7 Tips on How to Respond to Revision Requests

1. 1) Understand What the Journal Wants.
2. 2) Ask Why.
3. 3) Don’t Take the Revision Requests Personally.
4. 4) Tackle the Requests Soon But Not Immediately.
5. 5) Create your Checklist.
6. 6) Get Professional Scientific Editing Services.
7. 7) Check your Citations.

How long do major revisions take?

Most journals normally take 4-8 weeks to review manuscripts. The ‘decision in process’ status implies that your manuscript has passed through peer review and the editorial board is now making a decision. In this step, the editor carefully evaluates all the comments by the peer-reviewers and examines the manuscript.

Does minor revisions mean accepted?

Minor revision means that your paper accepted by about 70 % but not final acceptance until you fix further comments. Time varies from journal to others, but within one month.

When do you need a major revision of a paper?

All the reviewers recommended the paper for publication if the reviews were addressed satisfactorily. The editor, looking at the reviews, mailed stating a major revision of the paper is needed before re-submitting the paper.

What should be included in a revision response letter?

When submitting a new version of a paper in response to a revision request, it is often required that the authors also submit a letter that discusses reviewer feedback from the previous round and outlines the changes made to the paper in response.

What makes an acceptance with major revision successful?

One key to a successful revision after an accept with major revision decision is careful execution of the specific revisions requested by the editors (which may include suggested revisions provided by the referee).

How to answer reviewers for a journal paper revision?

To do that, I suggest to organize your document as follows. Create a section for each reviewer. Then, in each section copy the comments made by the reviewer and cite it as a quote (“…”). Then explain below the quote how you have addressed the comment.