How to deal with the editorial decisions:
Accept: Rare for research articles, would question the peer review
process
Revision:
Carefully consider reviewer comments
•Approach a revision decision as an opportunity to develop your paper
into the best it can be
•Referee’s comments should not be seen as negative criticisms but
development points
•Not all changes have to be made but require convincing arguments for
changes not made
Remember! Your response may go back to reviewers. You may need to
convince them and the editor!
Reject:
There are many reasons for a rejection, some of the common ones are
listed here:
Technical/scientific issues
Motivation unclear/unimportant
Novelty/originality
Conclusions do not support the data
Results less important
Results uninteresting
Ethical questions
Unclear presentation
Remember that journals generally receive more articles than they can
publish. Also in this environment of increasing metricisation titles
have to be extremely selective in what is accepted.
A rejection does not necessarily mean that your work is insignificant.
There is likely to be a publication that will accepted it.