When revising your manuscript and responding to peer review comments you must:

  • Address all points raised by the editor and reviewers. Do not simple reply: "All changes made as requested"
  • Describe the major revisions to your manuscript in your response letter following by point-by-point responses to the comments raised.
  • Clearly show the major revisions in the text, either with a different color text, by highlighting the changes. This is in addition to describing the changes in your point by point cover letter.
  • Differentiate between reviewer comments and your responses in your letter.
  • Return the revised manuscript and response letter within the time period allotted by the editor.

Please, enclosed also the Journal Editor in the Discussion/Comunication.

 

DEADLINES

  • Accepted after minor modification: The paper is in principle accepted after revision based on the reviewer’s comments. Authors have 15 days to review their paper and to resubmit it. Editors will not send resubmitted papers to the reviewers if it seems that the authors have not made a serious attempt to address all the referees’ criticisms. A final decision on publication is deferred, pending the authors’ response to the referees’ comments.
  • Should be reconsidered after major revisions: The acceptance of the manuscript would depend on the revisions. The author needs to provide a point by point response or provide a rebuttal if some of the reviewer’s comments cannot be revised. Usually, only one round of major revisions is allowed. Authors will be asked to resubmit the revised paper within 30 days. The revised version will be returned to the reviewers for a further evaluation. Once you manuscript has come back from reviewers you may be given the opportunity to revise it in accordance with the reviewer comments. You will receive a letter from the Editor-in Chief who handled your manuscript outlining the changes they would like you to make and links to the reviewer reports. A final decision on publication is deferred, pending the authors’ response to the referees’ comments.
  • Rejected with the Encouragement of  Resubmission: An article where additional data are needed to support the conclusions will be rejected and the authors will be encouraged to re-submit the paper once further information have been collected. If the authors choose to resubmit at a later date, this will be considered as  a new submission.