Why are Manuscript Revisions Necessary

1. Are you working on revising your manuscript? Are you facing any hurdles during manuscript revision? Enago Academy is here to answer all your questions related to academic research and publishing.

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4. 8/20/2018 Why are Manuscript Revisions Necessary? - Enago Academy WhyareManuscriptRevisionsNecessary? LastupdatedMay20,2018 Justimagine,itis1970andyouareayoungphysicistworkinginblackholetheory,whichwasanewandstartlingtopicintheearly1970s.Youhavediscoveredwhatcomestobeknownasthesecondlawofblackholedynamics,asigni cantscienti cdiscovery.Yourealizetheimportanceofyourwork,andyouwishtopublish,butfewtraditionaljournalswillacceptamanuscriptonwhatisveryunconventionalthinkinginthescienti cworld.Somostofthejournalsrejectedyourarticle.However,eventuallyyourarticlegotpublishedandyoubecamefamous.YournameisStephenHawking. Howwouldyouhavefeltasayoung,unknownresearcherifyour rstarticlewasrejectedbymajorscienti cpublishers?Whatcouldyouhavedonetomakethemanuscriptmore“publishable”?Whydidn’tthereviewersandeditorsrecognizeandencouragetheworthofthepaper?Doyouthinkarevisionofmanuscriptcouldassure successfulacceptancethe rsttime?Letustryto ndout. WhyDoaManuscriptRevision? Toanswerthisquestion,youmustunderstandwhatamanuscriptrevisionisandhowtherevisionaddstoits nal value.Thegoalofrevisingamanuscriptistochangeitforthebetter.Revisemeans“toseeagain.”Revisingmight meanfewchanges,oritcouldmeanmaking“large,sweepingchanges,reorganizingpartorallofthetext, https://www.enago.com/academy/why-is-revision-of-manuscript-necessary/

5. 8/20/2018 Why are Manuscript Revisions Necessary? - Enago Academy signi cantlyadjustingtoneandvoice,oraddingandremovingchunksoftext,aswellas xinggrammaticalerrors.”Revisingmightbedonebytheauthor,thejournaleditor,orpeerreviewers,whoareexpertsintheapplicable subject. WhatistheDifferencebetweenRevisingand Editing? Howdoyoudistinguishbetweenrevisingandediting?Revisingisoftencalled“self-editing.”Whenyousitdowntorereadyour rstdraft,youwillnotedownwhatyouwanttochange.Thisprocessisrevision.Whenyouhiresomeonetobringaprofessionalperspectivetothetextandmakesureit’sclearandaccessibleforsomeoneelse,thatisediting.Youmustrealizethisdifferencetoknowwhattodoandinwhatorder.Firstyourevise(workonityourselfuntilyou’vemadeitasgoodasyoupersonallycan),andthenyouedit(bringinaprofessionaltomakeitbetterthanyoucan).Realizingthisdifferenceenablesyoutoknowwhattofocusoninthedocumentandtoassurethatitincludeseverythingyouintendedtosay. Revisionsfallintodifferentcategories.The rstkindistherevisionyoudoyourself.However,ifyousubmitthemanuscripttoajournal,chancesareitwillbesenttooneormorepeerreviewersfortheirthoughts.Apeerreviewerisanexpertinthe eldwhoreviewsthedocument,byaddingcomments.Revisionsfromthepeerreviewersarethensentbacktotheauthorforcomments.Therearecompaniesthatcanprovideprofessionaleditingandpeer-reviewservicesforyourmanuscripts. HowtoReviseaManuscript Revisionofmanuscriptisnecessary,eitherfromyourownperspectiveorfromtheviewpointofthepeerreviewer.Thingstoconsiderareasfollows: Whoisyouraudience? Towhichjournalorpublishinghouseareyousubmitting?Haveyoumaintainedthewordlimitforyourmanuscript? Didyoucheckthereferenceprotocols? Whatistheaverageacceptancerateforthatpublisher?Howlongwillittaketodothereview? Onceyouhavegottenfeedbackfrompeerreviewers,whichchangesdoyouagreewithandwhichdoyou wanttoreject? Afteryouhave nishedrevisingyourmanuscript,expertsagreethatitisagoodideatosetitdownforsometimeandthinkaboutthemanuscriptasawhole.Areyousureyouhaven’tplagiarizedanything?Haveyou proofreadthedocumentbeforesubmission?Mostreviewerstaketwotothreemonthstoreturnamanuscript.Whenyoureturntherevisedmanuscripttothepeerreviewers,youshouldbecertainthatyou haveaddressedallthecommentsandrespondedinapolitemanner.Criticismnevergetsappreciationintheworldofreviewing.  Peerreviewersprovideyouwithamarked-upcopyofyourmanuscript,showingthechangesmadesincethe originalsubmission.Thebestwaytomakechangesonamanuscriptisbyusingthe“TrackChanges”optioninMicrosoftWord.Itisbesttouploadareviseddocumentwithadifferent lenamethantheoriginal.Therevised https://www.enago.com/academy/why-is-revision-of-manuscript-necessary/

6. 8/20/2018 Why are Manuscript Revisions Necessary? - Enago Academy leshowsthechangeshighlighted.Authorsandpeerreviewerscanmakechangesusingdifferentcoloredfontstodistinguishwhohasdonewhat. InstructionsforPreparingaRevisedManuscript Tostyleandformatyourrevisions,usethesameguidelinesasforsubmittinganoriginalmanuscript.Whensubmittingarevision,besuretoincludethefollowing: Followeditorialguidelines Submit gures,graphs,andtablesinaseparate leUsedoublespacingthroughoutthetext UseTimesNewRomanorSymbolfonts Prepareequationsusingstandardequationsymbols Prepare lesfor8½by11-inchpapersize De neacronymsafterthe rstuseNumbertablesand guresinorder Don’trefertodata,notshowninthemainmanuscript DountoOthers Onlyninepercentofthe6,000annualmanuscriptsubmissionstotheJournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssociationareacceptedforpublicationthe rsttime.Therefore,youcanexpectsomerejectionaftersubmitting yourmanuscriptforthe rsttimeandperhapsevenaftermajorrevisions.Thepurposeofmanuscriptrevisionsis toimproveyourchancesofacceptance.Reviewyourselfwellandthenacceptthegoodadviceofothers.Oncethat isdone,feelassuredthatyouwillnotregretthetimeyouspentrevising. Whatarethekeypointsaresearcherneedstokeepinmindwhilerevisingone’sownmanuscript?Pleaseletusknowyourthoughtsinthecommentssectionbelow. https://www.enago.com/academy/why-is-revision-of-manuscript-necessary/

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