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Innov Aging
Innov Aging
innovateage
Innovation in Aging
2399-5300 Oxford University Press US 

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3163
igaa057.3163
Abstracts
Session 7720 (Symposium)
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
Responding to Reviewers
Carr Deborah  
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
2020 
16 12 2020 
16 12 2020 
4 Suppl 1 Program Abstracts from The GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting “Turning 75: Why Age Matters”858 858
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.2020This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Abstract
An invitation to “revise and resubmit” one’s manuscript, especially for a highly competitive journal, is an important achievement. However, it is not a guarantee that a revised manuscript will ultimately be accepted for publication. I will provide insights into what differentiates a “major” versus “minor” R&R invitation, will provide background on how editors and reviewers arrive at these decisions, and will provide detailed tips for crafting a revision memo and revised manuscript that has an excellent chance of being accepted for publication (while staying within a journal’s word count limits). I will also offer suggestions for navigating revisions when reviewers offer discrepant feedback, or make suggestions that may not ultimately enhance the quality or impact of the manuscript.