Before we begin looking at how you can deal with the journal editor’s request to revise and resubmit your paper and what are some of the things you should focus on during revisions, let’s take a small step back and understand what we’re dealing with here. Journals rarely accept manuscripts as they are, without needing authors to make any changes. In most cases, manuscripts need polishing to ensure that they meet the basic requirements of the journal. But there is something else you need to understand more clearly – why do journals reject manuscripts?

Once you understand this, you will be able to understand the revise and resubmit decision, which primarily means that the journal editors will consider your paper for publication if you meet their needs and give them exactly what they are looking for.

Author FAQs

I have sent a paper for publication in Springer. They sent me an e mail saying "Reviews have been received on your manuscript listed above which you submitted to the journal. The comments of the reviewers are included at the bottom of this email. If you are prepared to undertake the work required, we would be pleased to evaluate your revised paper." Then when I read the reviewer's comments listed below they say "Your manuscript needs some revisions before it can be sent to the reviewers." I am confused because they first say "Reviews have been received on your manuscript" and then they say "Your manuscript needs some revisions before it can be sent to the reviewers." What do they mean by this?

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