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問題: 審稿人建議接受,為何期刊還要把我的論文再送外審?
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我跟期刊又有問題了,上次的問題有提到,我對期刊編輯部的核準流程、決策延遲還有不回復我的郵件有有意見,我再次感謝你上次的回復。
就像我上次提到了,我的論文已經修了兩次(小修),而審稿人建議接受我的稿件,但同時也建議進一步審查。然后我又根據審稿意見修改,之后狀態變成了 decision in process 超過一個月,我問了期刊,他們的回復是:Your revised paper has been recommended for acceptance. Once a paper is recommended, it has to go to the Editorial Board for their final approval - all papers recommended in any given month go at the end of that month to the Editors. The approval process then takes a further four weeks. You will, therefore, receive a formal decision from us by the end of January。
從那封郵件之后,期刊到一月底都一直沒有消息,我又發了好幾次郵件都沒有回應,最后期刊終于回信了:When looking at your revised paper, the Editors decided that the report we received was not sufficient enough in order for a final decision to be reached. We have, therefore, secured a second referee for your paper. As soon as we have received the report and a decision has been reached we will communicate this to you。
我對這個回答感到震驚,這次表示期刊對自己的審稿人的意見不滿意,然后過了這么久之后(都超過 7 個月了),他們才決定再請別的審稿人審稿,整個決策流程再重來一次。我覺得期刊一直在重復這過程讓我無法查論文的狀態,等我累了之后再拒掉我的稿件。你覺得我這樣的看法對嗎?(這個期刊還是愛思唯爾的)我是不是該撤稿改投?我該拿這個期刊怎么辦才好?
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Answer-china
很可惜,期刊的流程總是這么漫長,對作者來說很疲累。但是,我不覺得期刊是故意刁難你的,期刊編輯很審稿人都很忙,他們不會為了拒絕你的稿件花那么多精力,大可直接拒絕就好。肯定是看到了你的論文有價值,希望能讓你的稿件達到發表的水平。
就算審稿人推薦接受你的稿件,最終的決策權還是在主編手上,出現第二輪或第三輪審稿都是很正常的事,更何況審稿人確實有建議進一步審稿。期刊有清楚說?the report we received was not sufficient enough in order for a final decision to be reached,這表示審稿意見不夠好,編輯要求額外的審稿是很常見的。
我不建議你在這個時候撤稿。首先,這個期刊具有一定的聲望,如果能夠發表,你的論文價值肯定很高。再說了,期刊已經在你的論文上花費了這么多精神資源,顯示出他們看見了論文的潛力,審稿人也有說推薦接受。這些幾項顯示你的論文很有可能被接受。如果,你現在撤稿改投,還是要重新走過整個決策流程,搞不好還要再花七個月甚至更長的時間。也有可能論文在同行評審后被拒了,你就還要再改投,最后你會浪費更多時間。
我建議你再耐心等等。