Academic writing 1

On receiving a request for substantial revisions or a rejection notice, what it may be helpful?

•  to put aside the reviewer's comments for a few days

• to do revision immediately

• to write to editor

• to revise manuscript after 1 year

• to write to reviewer

First Principle for Revising a Manuscript

•  Decide Whether to Resubmit the Manuscript to the Same Journal

• To contact the editor, indicate the discrepancy, and ask for advice

• Put in the Work and Show All That You Have Done

• Shorten the Manuscript

• Review the Medical Literature Before Resubmission

What the principle is compared with an analogy, where the difference between the two types of comments is akin to the difference between elective surgery and mandatory surgery?

•  Principle 3, where it is necessary to Prioritize the Reviewers' Comments

• Principle 2, where it is necessary to Contact the Editor Regarding Unresolved Issues

• Principle 4, where it is necessary to Approach the Reviewer as a Consultant Rather Than an Adversary

• Principle 8, where it is necessary to Put in the Work and Show All That You Have Done

• Principle 9, where it is neccessary If Requested, Shorten the Manuscript

How You Can Devise a Strategy for Responding to Divergent Comments?

• One solution is to try to accommodate both requests when they are not mutually exclusive

• One solution is not to try to accommodate both requests when they are not mutually exclusive

• This fact should be taken to reflect a flaw in the manuscript review process

• Copy and paste the reviewers' responses into a new document, which will serve as the response letter to the editor

• To put aside the reviewer's comments for a few days

How You Can Devise a Strategy for Responding to Divergent Comments?

• Another alternative is to contact the editor, indicate the discrepancy, and ask for advice

• One solution is not to try to accommodate both requests when they are not mutually exclusive

• This fact should be taken to reflect a flaw in the manuscript review process

• Copy and paste the reviewers' responses into a new document, which will serve as the response letter to the editor

• To put aside the reviewer's comments for a few days

What the principle indicate that it is in the author's best interest to very clearly indicate all the changes that have been made in a manner that would allow both editor and reviewers to very clearly see the changes?

• Principle 8, Where it is necessary to Put in the Work and Show All That You Have Done

• Principle 3, where it is necessary to Prioritize the Reviewers' Comments

• Principle 2, where it is necessary to Contact the Editor Regarding Unresolved Issues

• Principle 4, where it is necessary to Approach the Reviewer as a Consultant Rather Than an Adversary

• Principle 6. Disagree Without Being Disagreeable

What the first step in writing a good article?

• To create its structure

• To write good abstract

• To write good introduction

• To write good literature review

• To do experiments

Experimental process for abstract:

• What did I do in a nutshell? 

• What is the problem?

•  How did I solve the problem?

• What does it mean?

•  What did I find out?

Experimental process for Introduction

• What is the problem?

• What did I do in a nutshell? 

•  How did I solve the problem?

• What does it mean?

•  What did I find out?

Experimental process for materials and methods

• How did I solve the problem?

• Who helped me out?

• Whose work did I refer to?

• What does it mean?

•  What did I find out?