Rebuttal & Response Letter (jpsp-rebuttal)

A JPSP decision comes from one section's editor synthesizing masked reviewers. The section's framing matters: in IRGP terms, the editor has judged your central limitations (must-fix for interpretability) versus peripheral ones, and whether central issues are fixable with existing vs. new data. Your response letter must show you understood that distinction and addressed the central limitations first.

When to trigger

• An R&R or accept-with-revision decision arrives
• Planning the revision and the point-by-point response
• A reviewer asks for a new study, new analyses, or an updated internal meta-analysis
• Reconciling conflicting reviewer requests under the editor's framing

Response strategy