3.6 KiB
3.6 KiB
Action mapping
Use this file to map every reviewer concern to a concrete response action.
Action labels
| Action label | Meaning | Use when |
|---|---|---|
ACCEPT_TEXT |
Revised wording, structure, title, abstract, Methods detail, Discussion, or legend | The author supplied or can supply a text change |
ACCEPT_ANALYSIS |
Added or revised analysis | The response depends on real analysis output |
ACCEPT_EXPERIMENT |
Added experimental data | The author performed a real experiment and supplied enough detail |
ACCEPT_FIGURE |
Added or modified figure, table, panel, legend, or supplement | A visual or tabular item addresses the concern |
CLARIFY_EXISTING |
Existing data already address the concern, but manuscript presentation needed clarification | The evidence exists and location can be cited |
ADD_CITATION |
Added verified citation | The citation is genuinely relevant and metadata is supplied or flagged |
SOFTEN_CLAIM |
Reduced claim strength or added boundary | The original claim was too broad, causal, novel, clinical, or mechanistic |
PARTIAL |
Partly addressed with explicit remaining limitation | A valid concern cannot be fully resolved in the revision |
DISAGREE |
Respectfully disagree with evidence or scope-based reasoning | The reviewer interpretation is not supported by the manuscript facts |
OUT_OF_SCOPE |
Valid suggestion but outside current manuscript scope | The request requires a new cohort, system, longitudinal design, or different study |
AUTHOR_INPUT_NEEDED |
Cannot draft final answer without real details | The author note is vague, missing, or unsupported |
BLOCKING |
Revision cannot be credible until author action occurs | Missing ethics, compliance, central evidence, integrity explanation, or required data |
Internal tracker fields
Use this shape internally when organizing a response:
comment_id: R1.3
reviewer: Reviewer 1
severity: major
category: methodological
action: ACCEPT_ANALYSIS
author_input_needed: true
readiness: draft_with_placeholders
risk_level: high
manuscript_location: Methods; Results; Supplementary Fig. S2
Readiness state
| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
ready_to_submit |
Enough facts are supplied to draft final text with traceable manuscript location |
draft_with_placeholders |
Draft can proceed, but placeholders must remain visible |
needs_author_input |
Do not draft final wording until author supplies facts |
blocked |
Revision response would be misleading or non-credible without author action |
Risk level
| Risk | Use when |
|---|---|
low |
Wording, format, or straightforward clarification |
medium |
Citation, figure, method detail, or presentation issue requiring verification |
high |
Evidence, statistics, validation, claim strength, or out-of-scope request |
blocking |
Ethics, compliance, data integrity, missing central evidence, or unsupported response |
Mapping rules
- If the author says only "we revised it", use
AUTHOR_INPUT_NEEDEDuntil the location and nature of the revision are known. - If the author says "we added an experiment", request experiment name, condition, sample size or replicate unit, result summary, and figure/table location.
- If the author says "we added a citation", request verified bibliographic detail unless already supplied.
- If a reviewer asks for impossible or out-of-scope work, use
PARTIALorOUT_OF_SCOPEplus claim softening or limitation. - If a reviewer is factually wrong, usually combine
CLARIFY_EXISTINGwith a small text clarification. - If a central claim remains unsupported, use
SOFTEN_CLAIMorBLOCKING, not confident compliance language.