Asian Journal of Communication(AJC)이라는 저널이 저에게 review를 의뢰해서 작성하였던 저의 comment입니다.
투고된 manuscript의 original copy를 보여드리지는 못합니다.
비논리적인 구조와 형편없는 영문, 독자가 읽기고 이해하기에는 무척 어려운 문장의 구조와 장황함, 데이터의 분석결과에 대해서 discussion part에서는 전혀 다른 해석을 하는 등, 논문으로서 인정하기가 무척 어려웠던 manuscript이었습니다.
제가 결정한 심사 판정은 completely reject이었습니다.
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Simply put, the manuscript submitted is not solid for the publication, with too many weak points.
The manuscript is very hard to read and confused to understand. Quality of writing is below an average. The manuscript needs grammar check. I strongly recommend that the author(s) should make sentences shorter than its current form, with only one main idea in each sentence, preferably easy to understand and even memorable for readers.
But most importantly, ‘the research question’ was not clearly questioned and stated. Relevant literature was not reviewed in support of the research hypotheses. The part of introduction handles too many issues. The author(s) should make the introductory part outstanding in a more in-depth.
Furthermore, theoretical framework was not provided. The author(s) might wish to describe the rationale used in the manuscript. The discussion of the findings goes beyond the relationships that are supported by the data analysis.
I do not recommend this manuscript for publication.
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