审稿人意见:文章缺乏创新性
第一句话:The main limitation is the lack of innovation.
首先审稿人开门见山指出文章缺乏创新性,而且是文章的主要缺陷。在本文中红色字体代表可以重点学习和参考词组和句式。
第二句话:A cross-cutting approach to stigma is hardly unknown, as the authors themselves point out, and the model they present does not deviate drastically from current stigma conceptualizations.
接下来就是审稿人具体阐述了为什么缺乏创新性,分为了两点,第一点是XXX还很不清楚;第二点是作者展现的模型和现在的也没有太大区别。
Response:作者的五句话句句“经典”,非常值得学习:
第一句话:We would like to thank you for your critical and constructive comments.
首先感谢审稿人提出的意见,注意学习Critical和Constructive这两个可以修饰Comment的词。
第二句话:We agree that the concept of health-related stigma is not new.
对审稿人提出的意见进行肯定,这里要注意,即使是反驳别人,也不要一上来就把别人说的完全否定,除非审稿人确实是完全错误。
第三句话:However, it has not been used in the research area of public health and medical practice. We believe it deserves being highlighted again.
在肯定了审稿人意见的正确性以后,从细节之中找出自己的创新点。注意学习这句话的后半句:We believe it deserves being highlighted。
第四句话:This is the first time that the validity of the health-related stigma approach has been clearly demonstrated using data on stigma measurement and interventions.
具体解释作者的创新点在哪里,直接用 This is the (必须加the) first time that…,直截了当指出我们的研究是第一次如何如何。
第五句话:Our paper seeks to open the minds ofthe health research community for a new research agenda – one that addresses health-related stigma using integrated approaches.
继上面直接了当指出创新点以后,继续阐释创新点,注意学习词组:seeks to open the minds of …