I am pleased to confirm that we can accept your paper for publication but before we can proceed further major revisions of it are needed.
May I respectfully remind you that this is a rapid publication journal and, as such, no proofs of your paper will be issued to you before it is published. It is therefore imperative that what we send to the printers is correct in all details.
You have been asked previously to advise your paper in accordance with the advice that is given in our Instructions to Authors as well as our Guidance Notes. It is therefore disappointing to record that you have not followed this advice. You would find the use of our Checklist, which is also available online via our website, to be of help to you. In addition you should also consult some recently published papers in this Journal to see the style that is preferred. Overall, the quality of the writing in your paper remains very poor, it would benefit it considerably if you could seek the help of a professional paper writing agency to ensure a much higher standard of presentation.
Of particular concern are the following points. However, these are not necessarily complete and you must therefore carefully check your final manuscript against the advice we give in our Instructions to Authors.
于是,我根据他的建议,对照Instructions to Authors、Guidance Notes和Checklist,将文章从头至尾认真地修改了几遍,直到自己觉得满意后才寄回去。
令人没有想到的是,从第二封信起,Editor不提格式和文字的问题了,反而当起了Reviewer,一遍又一遍地指出我的研究结果不明确,要修改;我的分析数据不完整,要补充!前前后后的通信不下五个来回,我都忍气吞声地尽量按他的要求修改或说明。我觉得,如果经过Author与Editor之间的互动交流,可以真正提高一篇论文的质量,多改几回也未尝不是件好事!
可是,事与愿违,他在后面的多次来信中对我的研究结果变本加厉地“挑错”,而且对我的文章已经越来越不满意了!请问这个Editor,你为什么弃三位Reviewers的评阅意见而不顾呢?你的权力应该是在格式和文字方面把关吧?就因为我们没让专门的写作公司修改就说我们的英语烂?对此,我很有意见,经与同事商量,决定主动撤稿,并对他的“越权”行为表达不满!
下面就是我写的撤稿信原文:
We determine to retract our manuscript for publication in your journal because you always surpass your right as an editor other than a reviewer. We have fully revised the article based on reviewers' suggestions, and also modified its style obeying the instruction to authors. Unfortunately, you indicate new challenges against it this time. Actually you always misunderstand our work and often suggest some unacceptable opinions. I want you know every research work is not complete at all, and the academic value of an article is the real importance but not grammar and words. Although we are not native English speakers, we have published about 10 papers in English journals. We wish you change your behavior as an editor and never mislead other authors. Thank you for your serious reply letters!
后来,这个Editor回了信,但现在已经找不到,大意是作为Author当然有撤稿的自由,但他还是会等到修回期限再做决定!此后,我们没有关注他的决定,也不打算再向这本杂志投稿!