course in Journal Publication

How To Respond To Peer Review Comments?

Prof. Caven Mcloughlin

Get expert strategies, detailed explanations, and handy resources to revise and resubmit your manuscript based on reviewer comments to maximize your chance of acceptance.

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6 hours 15 mins

English

Video + Text

9 modules

6 pdf

Online, On-demand learning

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What you learn

  • ✔ How to approach peer review comments more confidently
  • ✔ How to respond to the common ‘revise and resubmit’ journal decision
  • ✔ Practical tips for revising your manuscript effectively
  • ✔ Understand what your journal editor expects of you
  • ✔ Responding to conflicting peer review comments
  • ✔ Looking at your manuscript as a whole, while making revisions
  • ✔ Things to remember before resubmission
  • ✔ Applying your understanding of the lectures through exercises and quizzes

    • Description

    Peer reviews are crucial to help you improve the quality of your work and best present your findings. The peer review process can be insightful yet frustrating, making the ability to address and respond to reviewer comments essential for publishing success.

    Through this course, your instructor, with 20+ years of journal editing experience, will share proven strategies that will help you respond to peer reviewers more confidently. You will also get advice on how to understand editor expectations, with tips to effectively revise your paper, and a list of final checks before resubmission. By the end of the course, you will be able to improve your chances of acceptance in the journal of your choice.


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    Modules

    Preview course

    LECTURE 1 | Video

    Understanding the journal's decision

    45 mins

    LECTURE 2 | Video

    Things to remember before responding to reviewers’ comments

    45 mins

    LECTURE 3 | Video

    Dealing with different types of review comments and revision requests

    45 mins

    LECTURE 4 | Video

    Considering other aspects that matter

    45 mins

    LECTURE 5 | Video

    A deeper look at peer reviewer comments

    45 mins

    LECTURE 6 | Video

    Tying up loose ends before you resubmit

    45 mins

    LECTURE 7 | Video

    Concluding the course

    45 mins

    LECTURE 8 | Video

    Bonus tips, downloadable resources, videos, and more

    45 mins

    LECTURE 9 | Document/Slides

    Premium lectures

    15 mins

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    Instructor (1)

    Prof. Caven Mcloughlin

    Ph.D., Professor, Kent State University, Ohio USA

    Caven is a Professor of Psychology at Kent State University, Ohio. A qualified school psychologist, Caven works at Ohio’s largest school psychology preparation program and instructs students in early childhood school psychology. For over 25 years, he has been conducting federally funded training programs for interdisciplinary leadership…

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    Madiha Amarjouf

    Yes, I'm better prepared to face revise and resubmit decision, Thank you.

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