Should I revise-and-resubmit?
I regret to inform you that the reviewers have raised serious concerns, and therefore your paper cannot be accepted for publication in xxx journal. However since the reviewers do find some merit in the paper, I would be willing to reconsider if you wish to undertake major revisions and re-submit, addressing the reviewers' concerns.
Based on the letter, this is a regular revise-and-resubmit decision. If the revisions are doable and it's a good journal, I suggest that you go for it. Over the years, I noticed a trend towards R&R decisions and fewer (almost none) "accepted with revisions" after the first round of reviews. Best of luck!
Assogba -
It also could depend upon the referee comments you have so far. Do you even agree with them? Different referees might give you different comments. Alexander's response above seems quite reasonable. However, I'm thinking now of a friend who coauthored a paper not long ago which was rejected by one journal, because they had a certain philosophy and were not willing to accept any other, apparently. So my friend's paper was submitted to a more prestigious journal, though more general as opposed to the narrower focus of the first journsl, and was accepted by the more prestigious journal. I don't know how many rounds it took though.
Many experiences could be quite different.
I have acted as a referee a number of times, and tried to be reasonable, but I have experienced quite the opposite in one case I'm remembering when I was the submitter.
Alexander noted he expects most papers to be rejected at first now. I would not be surprised if he is correct.
Do you have a choice now? Are you free to submit elsewhere now? If so, then you have to decide if you can accommodate the referees from whom you've just heard. If so, you could try again, if you wish. A journal may take a long time to run through its review process. You have to decide if it is worth another try there or start over elsewhere. Not an easy decision, I'm sure.
Best wishes - Jim
Dear James R Knaub
Thank a lot for your advise, really appreciate
Dear Alexander Serenko
Thank you for your advice, really appreciate.
Just to follow up on James R Knaub 's suggestions. I had papers rejected by lower-tier (define lower-tier ?) journals that were accept by top journals. I had rejections from top journals for the papers that got into lower-tier journals and became citation classics. I even had a paper rejected two weeks after it was officially accepted. But the acceptance rates for major journals are very low, far below 10% with some even below 5%. My advice - do not take it seriously!
- Badges
- Science topic
- Similar topics
- Academic Journals