Reviewer Comments Analyzer
Paste the reviewer comments you received, and this tool will categorize them — major, minor, methodology, statistics, and more — and turn them into an actionable revision checklist.
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Our academic editors can help you work through methodology, statistics, and writing concerns raised in review.
How it works
- 1Paste the reviewer comments you received (from one or more reviewers).
- 2Click Analyze.
- 3Review the categorized comments and the revision checklist.
Who this is for
- ✓Making sense of a long, unstructured list of reviewer comments.
- ✓Separating major scientific concerns from minor wording fixes.
- ✓Building a concrete to-do list before starting your revision.
Why Categorizing Comments Helps Before You Start Revising
Reviewer comments usually arrive as one or more long, unstructured paragraphs mixing very different kinds of feedback together — a major methodological concern might sit right next to a minor typo fix. Sorting comments by type (major vs. minor, and by category: methodology, statistics, or writing) before revising makes it easier to see which issues actually determine the editor's decision and which are quick fixes, rather than tackling comments in whatever order they happened to be written.
Major, Minor, and Category-Specific Comments
Major comments are the ones a reviewer would expect to see addressed substantively — a design choice, a missing control, an alternative explanation for the results — and usually need a real change to the manuscript or analysis, not just a sentence in the response letter. Minor comments (wording, formatting, a missing citation) are easier to resolve but still need to be acknowledged individually. Within both, methodology and statistics comments (sample size, test selection, effect sizes) typically require the most careful, specific responses, since a vague reply to a technical concern is one of the more common reasons a revision doesn't satisfy a reviewer the second time around.
Turning a Comment List Into a Revision Checklist
A categorized list is only useful if it turns into concrete next steps — for each comment, deciding whether it requires a change to the manuscript, a change to the underlying analysis, or just an explanation in the response letter. The Response-to-Reviewers Planner tool can help go further once comments are categorized, turning them into a structured plan for what to write and where.
Once your comments are categorized, see the fuller guide to structuring a response letter and handling comments you disagree with. Read the guide →
Frequently asked questions
No — every comment you paste should be reflected somewhere in the categorized output or checklist. It won't drop a comment just because it seems minor.
No — it identifies what needs to change and organizes it into a checklist. The Response-to-Reviewers Planner tool can help you go further into planning your response.