Revise and Resubmit
This stage
presents an opportunity for the manuscript to be improved based on reviewers
and handling the editor’s recommendations. The author(s) is (are) expected to
meticulously read the reviewers’ comments and respond point-by-point indicating
how the change has been made, or if certain revisions cannot be made, they
provide sufficient explanations. The author(s) is (are) not obliged to accept
all the reviewers’ or editor’s comments, but if the author disagrees with the reviewers’
or editor’s opinion, he/she must provide convincing reasons to support his/her
position. The revision period is between one and two months and the authors
resubmit the revised paper to the journal. The revision will go through review
by the editor only, or by both the editor and reviewers for the second round.