作者
Patricia C. Clark,Regena Spratling,Dawn M. Aycock,Jessica Marcus
摘要
Authors submitting a paper often receive an opportunity to revise and resubmit the paper. Authors may find addressing reviewers’ comments challenging. We posit authors should welcome expert suggestions for revisions that strengthen the paper and develop a persuasive response if they disagree with the reviewer. A thoughtful, detailed response allows authors to dialogue with reviewers. Our paper uses exemplars of responses to reviewers to illustrate the effectiveness of clear and compelling author responses. Addressing reviewers’ comments ultimately results in a better paper—more likely to be accepted. Developing skills in resubmitting research and clinical scholarship reports is essential to the dissemination process. Authors submitting a paper often receive an opportunity to revise and resubmit the paper. Authors may find addressing reviewers’ comments challenging. We posit authors should welcome expert suggestions for revisions that strengthen the paper and develop a persuasive response if they disagree with the reviewer. A thoughtful, detailed response allows authors to dialogue with reviewers. Our paper uses exemplars of responses to reviewers to illustrate the effectiveness of clear and compelling author responses. Addressing reviewers’ comments ultimately results in a better paper—more likely to be accepted. Developing skills in resubmitting research and clinical scholarship reports is essential to the dissemination process. Patricia C. Clark, Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Regena Spratling, Professor, School of Nursing, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Dawn M. Aycock, Professor, School of Nursing, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Jessica Marcus, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.