Whenever we submit a research paper to a reputed journal, the best review that we can expect from the committee is with some constructive comments and a request for re-submission. There are some easy steps that could help in getting an academic publication of repute with a feedback of re-submission
1. Read the letter carefully: first and fore mostly make sure to read the received letter very carefully to ensure that you have received a request for revision and re-submission as often there are other possibilities for which a letter may be written to the author. For example, a rejection without an invitation for re-submission or a conditional acceptance or an outright acceptance. Writers who are inexperienced in assessing a response from an academic journal should take the help and guidance of other seasoned writers in doing the same.
2. List the revision requirements in an Excel sheet: Putting down all the required changes in an excel file in four columns labelled as reviewer, suggestions, response and completed it helps in not missing on to any of the suggestions and makes the work all the more systematic
3. Pull out the suggestions from the editors’ letters: The process is very tedious and painstaking because it calls for extraction of all useful suggestions and also relaying it in a useful pattern. Labelling of each suggestion according to where it is coming from is important: reviewer one, two, three or the editor.
4. Sequence the suggestions in a logical fashion: for each sub head in the research paper, sequence the suggestions separately in a logical fashion. Labelling of each suggestion regarding where it came from is very important so that it can be handled in a more seasoned way
5. Write a memo to the editor in an excel file: the excel file you have prepared should not be sent to the editor like that. Instead the excel file should be used for writing a well formatted memo to the editor with suggestions from each reviewer and how you went about adopting them
6. Double check your work and send: double check your work to ensure that you haven’t missed onto any suggestions and you have addressed each of the critiques suggestions in your memo to the editor. After having done this send the revised article and memo to the editor of the journal!
