Revision of the manuscript
When revising your manuscript take into consideration the most relevant aspects in that phase of work :
- Follow the general recommendations expressed in the submission guidelines.
- The most important part of the article, which justifies its dissemination through the international audience, are the conclusions.
- Conclusions; must be fairly concise and objective.The whole article must be focused on the conclusions.
- Introduction; should briefly revise the present state-of-art relevant to your work and characterize the study area if necessary. More detailed, citation based parts of the text and appropriate for this chapter should be transferred to the “Supporting Information” part of the manuscript.
- Materials and Methods; should be short and very objective. The complementary information or figures should be placed in “Supporting Information” part of the manuscript.
- Results; must be very concise and objective. They can be complemented by more extensive descriptions, figures and detailed tables, placed in “Supporting Information”.
- The same principles as above stated apply to the “Discussion” chapter.
- Databases (e.g. Excell) are helpful and suitable in structuring the “Supporting Information”.
Resubmission of your paper
When resubmitting the revised version of your work, please send the following items as a part of your new submission:
- Rebuttal letter, addressing the specific points made by each reviewer. Include your responses to all the reviewers’ and editors’ comments and list the changes you have made to the manuscript.
- Revised manuscript (marked-up copy): Include a marked-up copy of your manuscript file showing the changes you have made to the original submission. The best way to show these changes is the “Track Changes” option available in “Reviewing” menu of Microsoft Word.
- Revised manuscript (clean copy): a copy of your revised manuscript that does not show your changes.