Major revision guides
Major revision guides by journal
Journal-specific guides for deciding what to fix first, how to frame the response, and when a major revision is still worth pursuing.
Journal-specific next steps
Guides in this collection
These links group post-decision guides by the author job: revising, responding, appealing, transferring, or retargeting.
- Academy of Management Review Response to Reviewers: How to Develop the Theory Across an R&R (2026)
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Response to Reviewers
- ACS Catalysis Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- ACS Nano Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Advanced Functional Materials Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Clears Revision (2026)
- Advanced Materials Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Clears the Breakthrough Bar (2026)
- American Economic Review Response to Reviewers: An R&R Evidence Guide
- Analytical Chemistry Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Clears the Measurement-Science Novelty Bar (2026)
- Angewandte Chemie Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Applied Energy Response to Reviewers: Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Applied Sciences Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Bioresource Technology Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives a Major Revision (2026)
- Biotechnology Advances Response to Reviewers: Rebuttal Guide (2026)
- Blood Response to Reviewers: Hematology Revision Guide
- BMC Medicine Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives Open Peer Review
- BMJ Appeal Rejection: Should You Fight, and How? (2026)
- BMJ Open Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives Open Peer Review (2026)
- Brain Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Holds Up (2026)
- Cancer Cell Response to Reviewers: Revision Guide
- Cancer Letters Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Cancer Research Response to Reviewers: AACR Revision Guide
- Cell Appeal Rejection: Should You Fight, and How? (2026)
- Cell Death and Differentiation Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Cell Metabolism Response to Reviewers: Revision Guide
- Cell Reports Response to Reviewers: Point-by-Point Rebuttal Guide
- Cell Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Cell Systems Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins
- Chemical Engineering Journal Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Circulation Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Clinical Cancer Research Response to Reviewers: How to Answer the Clinical-Bridge Reviewer (2026)
- Clinical Infectious Diseases Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Clinical Psychology Review Response to Reviewers: A Rebuttal Guide for Reviews and Meta-Analyses
- CMAME Response to Reviewers: Verification-First Revision Guide
- Computers & Education Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives the Learning-Outcome Bar (2026)
- Conservation Biology Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives the Relevance Gate (2026)
- Construction and Building Materials Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Current Biology Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Econometrica Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Revision the Co-Editor Accepts (2026)
- eLife Response to Reviewers: How to Reply to Public Reviews (2026)
- Energy Journal Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives Major Revision (2026)
- Energy Policy Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Clears the Policy-Relevance Bar (2026)
- Environmental Science & Technology Response to Reviewers: Rebuttal Guide
- European Heart Journal Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives the Statistical Review (2026)
- European Respiratory Journal Response to Reviewers
- Expert Systems with Applications Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Food Chemistry Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives Major Revision (2026)
- Food Hydrocolloids Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Frontiers in Immunology Response to Reviewers: How to Earn Every Endorsement in the Forum (2026)
- Frontiers in Microbiology Response to Reviewers: How to Win the Interactive Review (2026)
- Genome Biology Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives Open Peer Review (2026)
- Geophysical Research Letters Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Stays Inside 12 PUs (2026)
- Gut Response to Reviewers: Gastroenterology Revision Guide
- Heliyon Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal Reviewers Accept (2026)
- Hepatology Response to Reviewers: Liver Evidence Revision Guide
- How to Write a Rebuttal Letter That Actually Helps Acceptance
- How to Write a Rebuttal Letter to Journal Reviewers (When You Disagree)
- How to Write a Rebuttal Letter to Journal Reviewers: A Benchmark Playbook
- IEEE Access Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal Response to Reviewers: A Rebuttal That Survives Re-Review (2026)
- IEEE TIP Response to Reviewers: Revision Guide for Methods Papers
- IEEE TPAMI Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives R2 (2026)
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Response to Reviewers: A Clinical Validation Revision Guide
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Response to Reviewers
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications Response to Reviewers: A Revision Guide
- IEEE TSP Response to Reviewers: Technical Revision Guide
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Response to Reviewers: A Rebuttal That Survives Re-Review (2026)
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- JACC Response to Reviewers: A Clinical Revision Guide
- JACS Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Holds Up (2026)
- JACS Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- JAMA Oncology Response to Reviewers: How to Answer the Statistical Editor (2026)
- JAMA Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- JCI Insight Response to Reviewers: A Translational Revision Guide
- JCI Response to Reviewers: A Revision Guide for Translational Evidence
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Clears the Chemistry-Centrality Bar (2026)
- Journal of Biological Chemistry Response to Reviewers
- Journal of Cleaner Production Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Journal of Clinical Oncology Response to Reviewers: JCO Revision Guide
- Journal of Economic Perspectives Response to Reviewers
- Journal of Economic Theory Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives the Rigor Bar (2026)
- Journal of Statistical Software Response to Reviewers: How to Rebut When the Reviewer Runs Your Code (2026)
- Lancet Appeal Rejection: Should You Fight, and How? (2026)
- Lancet Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Major Revision at ACS Catalysis: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at ACS Nano: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Advanced Functional Materials: Next Steps
- Major Revision at Analytical Chemistry: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Angewandte Chemie: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Applied Energy: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at BMC Medicine: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at BMJ Open: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Cell Reports: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Cell: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Construction and Building Materials: Next Steps
- Major Revision at Energy: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Environmental Science & Technology: Next Steps
- Major Revision at International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS): What It Means
- Major Revision at JACS: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at JAMA: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Lancet (The Lancet): What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Nature Communications: Next Steps
- Major Revision at Nature: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at NEJM: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Physical Review B: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Physical Review Letters: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at PLOS ONE: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at PNAS: What It Means and Your Next Move
- Major Revision at Science Advances: What It Means
- Major Revision at Science of the Total Environment: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Science: What It Means and Your Next Move
- Major Revision at Scientific Reports: What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at Small (Wiley): What It Means, Next Steps
- Major Revision at The BMJ: What It Means, Next Steps
- Management Science Response to Reviewers: A Second-Round Decision Guide
- MNRAS Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Molecular Systems Biology Response to Reviewers: Revision Guide
- Nature Appeal Rejection: Should You Fight, and How? (2026)
- Nature Biotechnology Response to Reviewers: Revision Guide
- Nature Cell Biology Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Clears Re-Review (2026)
- Nature Chemical Biology Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Dual-Rigor Rebuttal (2026)
- Nature Communications Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Nature Immunology Response to Reviewers: Revision Guide
- Nature Medicine Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Nature Methods Response to Reviewers: Revision Guide
- Nature Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Nature Reviews Cancer Response to Reviewers: How to Revise a Commissioned Review
- NEJM Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Neuron Response to Reviewers: A Revision Strategy for Mechanism-Heavy Papers
- Nucleic Acids Research Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Clears Re-Review (2026)
- Organization Science Response to Reviewers: How to Develop the Contribution Across a Revision (2026)
- Physical Review B Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Reply to the Referee That Wins (2026)
- Physical Review D Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Reply to the Referee That Wins (2026)
- Physical Review Letters Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- PLOS Medicine Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- PLOS ONE Response to Reviewers: Rebuttal Template That Works (2026)
- PNAS Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Quarterly Journal of Economics Response to Reviewers: How to Write the R&R That Gets Accepted (2026)
- Rebuttal Letter Template Major Revision: 5 Examples That Work
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Response to Reviewers for Small: How to Write a Rebuttal That Clears Revision (2026)
- Response to Reviewers Review Service
- Review of Financial Studies Response to Reviewers: How to Win the Multi-Round R&R (2026)
- Science Advances Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives Cross-Disciplinary Re-Review (2026)
- Science Appeal Rejection: Should You Fight, and How? (2026)
- Science Immunology Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Clears Re-Review (2026)
- Science of the Total Environment Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Science Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- Scientific Reports Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- The Astrophysical Journal Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Wins (2026)
- The BMJ Response to Reviewers: How to Write a Rebuttal That Survives the Hanging Committee (2026)
- The Lancet Oncology Response to Reviewers: How to Answer the Statistical Reviewer and Win (2026)
- Water Research Response to Reviewers: Revision Letter and Evidence Map