What is response to reviewers?
A response to reviewers, or rebuttal letter, is the document authors submit with a revised manuscript to answer each peer reviewer comment, explaining what was changed and justifying any comment the authors disagree with. A clear, courteous and well-argued response is often decisive in turning a major or minor revision into acceptance. Frontier Publishers’ subject experts help plan the revisions, draft the point-by-point response and re-edit the revised manuscript.
Service overview
A revise-and-resubmit decision is an opportunity, but it is easy to lose. Responses that are defensive, incomplete or unclear about what changed frustrate reviewers and can turn a revision into a rejection.
A subject expert reads the decision letter and every comment, helps you decide how to address each one, and drafts a professional point-by-point response. A well-argued rebuttal turns more revisions into acceptances than a merely compliant one.
What is included
- Analysis of the decision letter and every comment
- Revision plan prioritising major comments
- Point-by-point response letter
- Respectful rebuttals where you disagree
- Guidance on additional analyses requested
- Changes cross-referenced to page and line numbers
- Re-editing of new and revised text
- Resubmission to the same journal
Who this service is for
Authors with major revisions
Researchers facing long, demanding reviewer reports.
Non-native English authors
Authors who want their responses to read as clearly and diplomatically as intended.
Authors who disagree with a reviewer
Researchers who need to push back convincingly without antagonising the editor.
Our process
How our response to reviewers works
Why choose us
Why researchers choose Frontier Publishers
Persuasive, professional tone
Responses that are courteous, complete and convincing.
Subject experts
Experts who understand the science behind each reviewer’s comment.
Higher acceptance odds
A well-organised response makes it easy for editors to accept.
Meets revision deadlines
Turnaround planned around the journal’s resubmission deadline.
Questions
Response to reviewers questions
It is a document submitted with the revised manuscript that answers each reviewer comment in turn, states what was changed and where, and explains the reasoning for any comment not adopted.
Yes. Reviewers are not always right. A respectful, evidence-based rebuttal is acceptable and often persuasive. We help you frame disagreements so they strengthen your case.
We cannot conduct new experiments, but our statisticians can carry out additional statistical analyses requested by reviewers as part of our statistical analysis service.
Yes. New and revised text is edited so the language standard of the resubmission matches the original.
Free assessment
Send your manuscript and target journal. An expert reviews it and replies with a recommended approach and a fixed quote, with no obligation.
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