We submittedFor a third revision. Actuallymanuscript we were having under review, thea new reviewer was invited in the second round because another review seems dont have time to review another timereviewer dropped out.
The
The new reviewer proposed some new commentschanges, including aones regarding writing style concerns rather than scientific concerns. (i.escience.
For example, ratherthey suggested that hypotheses development should puthappen in LR sectionthe literature review or they should be separate sections). We give
We gave our reasons and citecited some articles that discuss LRreview literature and Hypothesisdiscuss the hypothesis in the same section.
The reviewer don'tdidn’t agree and for the third revision, they only havehad this concernsconcern. We
We still don'tdidn’t want to make anythese changes, as that we feel we'llfelt we would have to redevelopedrewrite the paper.
More More important, the suggestions havehad too much personal perspectives inside. So, we argued with more evidence. It went far to how to writewas all about writing style instead of science.
We submitted a paper rather thanthird revision. Note that the science itselfother reviewers recommended accepting the paper at this point.
We also write awrote an email to the editor in chief as we don'tdon’t know who is the AEassociate editor was. EditorThe editor in chief said she will review everything, and make a decision. But just today, we got email saying the article was rejected and theyit just said, that the reviewers only provide private comments to editor and against accepting (note that the other reviewers agree to accept already in previous). I just feel so upset with the editor.
Shall I appeal or move it on to the next journal B.?