Types of comments from editors

There are a range of comments that you could receive from the editor and referees. Broadly, the response of the editor will be either that your paper has been accepted for publication or not.

If the response from the editor is that your paper has not been accepted for publication, there will usually be reasons given for the decision. You should not lose faith, if that is the case. You need to assess the reasons to see whether your paper might be accepted if you made certain revisions.

Let's look at the kind of comments that you might receive.