If you get a really nasty peer review report, ask a friend to do this for you. (You can do it for them next time.) Ask them to translate the report into actions you can take to resubmit it. You don't need to dwell on the tone of the report, which can be humiliating or even aggrandizing in ways that are not productive. All that matters is the list of steps you're going to take to revise it, either for that journal or another.
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Carrie Shanafelt (carrideen@c18.masto.host)'s status on Thursday, 14-Mar-2024 00:47:16 JST Carrie Shanafelt
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Carrie Shanafelt (carrideen@c18.masto.host)'s status on Thursday, 14-Mar-2024 00:47:17 JST Carrie Shanafelt
My advice to scholars is this: When you get a peer review report, translate it into bullet points you can act on, preferably in a hand-written list. Don't replicate the tone of the report, whether critical or complimentary. Don't be snarky or cynical. If the report addresses something you can't change, don't write it down.
It's easy to get overwhelmed with revisions because we're trying to hold too many criticisms in our head at once. Or the way we read it, braced, made it seem worse than it is
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