Thank you Keenie!
One of the comments the reviewer stated is that I need to change the formatting of the paper; strange though that the formatting doesn't follow what the publisher has said to use : /
Keenie I have another thread about dismissive/arrogant/just plain grumpy kinda topic; hope you could give some input there too! : )
Quote From Keenbean:
Hi there!
I wouldn't stress over this- it seems to be really common (even with top profs from what I can gather) and the main thing is the overall outcome. I've had reviews which seem to contradict each other, simply because reviewers are coming at the topic from different places- different backgrounds, training, experience, preferred theories, differing loyalties, familiarity with different literature, varying levels of perfectionism, good versus bad day in the office etc!
I think the best way to deal with it is to attend to as many of the suggestions as you feasibly can, within reason. I always try to make changes to address each point (even if I think it's a bit irrelevant/redundant), unless I really disagree with it, in which case I argue against it in my response to reviewers' comments. There have been a few occasions where I have argued against making particular changes, and this has never gone against me- i.e. my arguments have generally been accepted by the editor and refusing to make a particular change hasn't resulted in any change regarding the acceptance of the paper. Having said that, if I know I am going to refuse to make a particular change, I make sure I address all of the others extra-thoroughly, so it doesn't just look like I'm being really dismissive/arrogant/just plain grumpy!
Reviewers will most likely always have differing feedback- I think I would be more weirded out by two or three lots of identical comments lol! Great it's accepted anyway, well done :)
Best, keenie
