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1. MINOR REVISION
REVIEWS
By: saroj kumar Banjara
NOU Roll No. 76155026

2. PEER REVIEW PROCESS
• All manuscripts submitted are subjected to peer-review. The peer review follows step-
by-step procedure:
• Once the manuscript is received, it is delivered to two qualified reviewers.
• Reviewers have two weeks to review the manuscript and to advise editor on the acceptance,
acceptance with revision, or rejection.
• Editor turns the accepted manuscript with revision to the corresponding author.
• Authors handle the reviewer recommendations and make any suggested changes in the
manuscripts and return it to the editor by email.
• The editors send back the corrected and reviewed manuscripts to the Editor-in-Chief, and also
delivers the manuscript to different editors.
• The Editor-in-Chief coordinates the editorial procedure and distributes the articles submitted to
the journal.

3. RESIVION
• There are four or five possibilities of decision of research submit for publication
• 1. Accept : without change. It is vary rare case.
• 2. Minor revision:
• 3. Moderate revision
• 4. Major revision
• 5. Rejection : It means the manuscript is not deemed suitable for publication in that
journal

4. READ THE MANUSCRIPTS THOROUGHLY AND WRITE A SUMMARY THEN ASSESS ITS QUALITY
AND COMPLIANCE WITH JOURNAL GUIDELINES. MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE EDITOR
REGARDING PUBLICATION:
• Accept if the paper is comply to journal guidelines and suitable for publication in its current
form.
• Minor revision if the paper needs light revisions. Attach the list of revisions you would
recommend the author makes.
• Major revision if the paper needs substantial changes i.e. rewriting sections, widening literature
review, and expanding data analysis.
• Reject if the paper is not suitable for publication with this journal i.e. doesn’t comply with the
basic guidelines and not suitable for publication in its current form.

5. TYPES OF REVISION REVIEW
• Minor revision means you will have to change a few things
• Moderate revision means you will have to rewrite a few things, possibly sections,
figures, provide more data, etc)
• Major revision means you will have to adderess some fundamental shortcomings
possibly doing additional research and certainly rewriting big sections

6. ACCEPT WITH MINOR REVISION REVIEW
• This decision means that a manuscript is acceptable for publication if some minor
revisions can be made to improve the quality of the content and writing.
• The author is told that the manuscript has been reviewed very positively and the
manuscript can be published if it is revised in response to the reviewers’ concerns.
• The author is provided with a set of instructions of how to resubmit the manuscript once
it is revised.
• It is critical that the author include a table that addresses each of the reviewer concerns
noted and a response to the concerns noting how the manuscript has been revised.
• The author is also given the opportunity to choose not to revise the manuscript
according to a reviewer comment or suggestion, but is asked to provide a rationale for
that.

7. MINOR REVISION
• Basically , the manuscript is worth to be published
• Some elements in the manuscript must be clarified, restructured, shortened(otten)
or expanded(rarely)
• Textual adaptations
• “Minor revision” does not guarantee acceptance after revision!

8. MINOR REVISION
• The most common response to submissions
• Welcome it as a healthy option
• Take the advice of the editors and reviewers as constructive
• They are professional experts in the field
• Their advice will make your paper better

10. REVISION IN ARTICLE PUBLICATION
JOURNEY

14. PEER REVIEW

20. SOURCES
• https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-reviewers (BMJ peer review guidelines, complete with training materials for reviewers)
• https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-reviewers (affect of peer review training)
• https://jamanetwork.com (blind vs open peer review stats)
• https://psychiatryonline.org (see Appendix 1)
• https://jamanetwork.com (table of peer review criteria)
• https://jamanetwork.com (more on peer review; see box)
• https://jamanetwork.com (JAMA article on peer review)
• https://pubs.rsna.org/page/imaging-cancer/author-instructions#icauthorresources (also
• Radiology’s author guidelines)
• Provenzale JM, Stanley RJ. A Systematic Guide to Reviewing a Manuscript.
• AJR 2005; 185:848-854