{"id":3567,"date":"2020-07-23T18:05:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T18:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/top-peer-review-challenges-for-authors-and-how-you-can-solve-them\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T08:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T02:44:41","slug":"top-peer-review-challenges-for-authors-and-how-you-can-solve-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/top-peer-review-challenges-for-authors-and-how-you-can-solve-them","title":{"rendered":"Top peer review challenges for authors and how you can solve them!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s Note: This post was originally published in 2020\u00a0and is being recirculated as part of Peer Review Week 2021 resources.<\/em><\/p>\n

You’ve worked for months, maybe years, on your research, and think you\u2019re on a winning path when you submit your manuscript to a top academic journal, until you\u2019re derailed by the peer review. Data shows only 1.2% of manuscripts submitted are accepted as is1<\/sup>. This means almost all academic authors have to deal with peer review comments at some time or the other. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How does scientific peer review work?<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Peer reviews, while critical for high-impact journals to uphold the quality and verify the findings of every article submitted, can be quite frustrating for authors. According to the Council of Science Editors\u2019 white paper on publication ethics, peer reviewers are expected to do more than just deliver a fair judgment as experts in their field2<\/sup>. The peer reviewer\u2019s responsibilities include:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n