Strategies in the Revise and Resubmit Process

About this episode

This episode discusses strategies for navigating the revise and resubmit process in academic publishing.

In this discussion Jonathan Grauer, MD and Tobias Mattei, MD share practical strategies for navigating the revise and resubmit process in academic publishing. Topics include responding to reviewer comments point-by-point, managing major versus minor revisions, improving manuscript quality through peer review, handling cascaded submissions from high impact journals, and communicating effectively with editors and reviewers. Drawing from real world editorial and publishing experience, this conversation provides actionable guidance for researchers, residents, fellows, and academic spine professionals looking to strengthen their publication success and approach manuscript revisions more strategically. This video is part of the upcoming “NASS' Definitive Guide to Successful Research: Writing, Reviewing, Publishing” series from NASS. New episodes will be released over the coming months, with select content available on YouTube. Subscribe to NASS Anytime to be the first to access the full course as new sessions are released, including all YouTube content plus exclusive CME education available only through the platform: https://nassanytime.spine.org/

People in this episode

Guests: Jonathan Grauer, MD, Tobias Mattei, MD

Topics covered

• academic publishing
• manuscript revisions
• peer review
• editorial communication
• publication strategies

Keywords

• revise and resubmit
• academic publishing
• manuscript quality
• peer review
• editor communication

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: North American Spine Society

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