1.8 KiB
1.8 KiB
Test: conflicting reviewers
Input
Editor decision: Major revision.
Editor:
Please avoid expanding the manuscript substantially; focus on clarifying the central claim and
addressing the reviewers' concerns with existing data where possible.
Reviewer 1:
1. The abstract should make a stronger causal claim that X drives Y.
Reviewer 2:
1. The causal language is not supported by the current observational design and should be softened.
Author notes:
- The study is observational.
- We can soften the abstract and discussion.
- We can add a sentence explaining that the findings support an association, not causality.
Expected behavior
- Assign editor instruction ID
E.1and address it before reviewer comments. - Assign reviewer IDs
R1.1andR2.1. - Detect a conflict between Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2.
- Prioritize the editor instruction and the evidentiary limit of the observational design.
- Use
SOFTEN_CLAIMforR2.1. - Use
PARTIALorDISAGREEfor the stronger causal-claim request inR1.1, with respectful reasoning. - Avoid incompatible promises.
- Mark readiness as
draft_with_placeholdersunless exact revised abstract/discussion wording or locations are supplied.
Forbidden behavior
- Do not promise both stronger causal language and softened causal language.
- Do not ignore the editor instruction.
- Do not claim causality from an observational design.
- Do not accuse either reviewer of being wrong.
- Do not invent revised abstract or discussion line numbers.
Pass/fail checklist
E.1appears in the tracker or strategy summary.- The conflict is surfaced explicitly.
- The chosen response is consistent with the observational design.
R1.1andR2.1are both answered.- No incompatible manuscript-change promises appear.