Dowd S B, McElveny C
University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
Radiol Technol. 1997 Sep-Oct;69(1):47-54.
Research shows that only 5% to 10% of manuscripts submitted to scholarly journals are accepted upon submission; the remainder must be revised before they are suitable for publication. Research also shows that authors who perform requested revisions greatly improve their chances of being published. In fact, a properly revised manuscript is almost guaranteed eventual publication at many journals. Despite these encouraging statistics, a significant number of authors choose to withdraw their manuscripts rather than perform revisions. This article examines the peer-review process, looks at common reasons why revisions are requested by reviewers and presents advice to authors on how to revise and resubmit their manuscripts for publication.
研究表明，提交给学术期刊的稿件只有5%到10%在提交时就被接受；其余的必须经过修改才适合发表。研究还表明，进行要求修改的作者大大提高了发表的机会。事实上，一份经过恰当修改的稿件在许多期刊上几乎肯定最终会发表。尽管有这些令人鼓舞的数据，但仍有相当数量的作者选择撤回稿件而不是进行修改。本文审视同行评审过程，探讨审稿人要求修改的常见原因，并就作者如何修改和重新提交稿件以供发表提供建议。
