Q: Should I consider my paper accepted if I have received an accept mail that mentions optionally addressing minor comments?

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Hi. I have submitted a manuscript to a notable journal. About a week ago, following a rather lengthy period of review, I received a decision letter stating: "I am pleased to inform you that your manuscript is recommended for publication in Journal XXX." However, the editor subsequently wrote in the same email that I have an option to refer to minor comments addressed by the reviewers and submit a slightly revised version. And so, I did. Is there any chance that the paper might be rejected, or can I consider it accepted?

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You needn’t worry about the additional comment and can consider the paper accepted. So, congrats for that! Editors sometimes make minor requests such as these. They are enhancements and not deal-breakers, and it’s great that you’ve already gone ahead and made those changes. If however, you still have any doubts (we know how authors are not completely sure until they hear the word ‘acceptance’), you could write to the editor confirming this. :-)

Now, from your side, there is one more action before publication: proofing. You will receive the proof of your article soon, and should go through it diligently to ensure nothing is amiss. Therefore, you may find it worthwhile to go through the following resources:

And once your article is published, apart from celebrating it of course, you should also think about how you can go about promoting it, for which you’ll find the following resources helpful:

Apart from that, you may also wish to consider the services of our research promotion brand, Impact Science, which can help you by creating anything from a lay summary to a PR piece to an infographic to ensure your research reaches as many people as possible. You may learn more here: Impact Science

Hope all this helps. Again, congrats on the acceptance and all the best for taking it toward publication – and beyond!

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