📢 New Resource: Official JSK Rebuttal Letter Template Now Available

2026-05-04

Dear Authors,

Navigating reviewer feedback is a critical part of the publication process. To help streamline your revisions and ensure your responses meet the rigorous standards of our journal, we are pleased to provide the official JSK Rebuttal Letter Template.

Using a structured, polite, and detailed rebuttal letter significantly helps our editors and reviewers evaluate your revised manuscript, which can ultimately speed up the decision-making process.

What is Included in the Template?

We have designed this template based on industry best practices. It features:

  • A "Table of Revisions" Format: A clear, tabular layout that maps each reviewer's comment to your exact response and notes the specific location of the change in the manuscript.

  • Action-Oriented Examples: The sample text demonstrates how to move beyond simply agreeing with reviewers by explicitly stating what was changed (e.g., methodology expansions, APA 7th edition citation formatting, structural adjustments).

  • Professional Phrasing: Examples of how to maintain a collaborative and appreciative tone, even when addressing extensive critiques.

How to Use the Template

  1. Download the File: Please use the attached SAMPEL REBUTTAL.docx file as the foundation for your response letter.

  2. Update Placeholders: Replace all capitalized placeholders (e.g., [XXXXXXXXX], [NAME NAME NAME], [Bangkok, DD-MM-YYYY]) with your manuscript's specific details.

  3. Address Every Comment: Ensure that every point raised by the reviewers and the editor is accounted for in the table, section by section (Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusion).

  4. Be Specific: When describing your revisions, point directly to the new paragraph, page, or line number so reviewers can easily verify your updates.

We hope this resource makes the revision stage of your publication journey smoother and more straightforward. If you have any questions about formatting your rebuttal or applying JSK style guidelines, please do not hesitate to reach out to the editorial team.

Thank you for continuing to submit your valuable research to JSK.

Best regards,
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daniel Susilo
Senior Editor - Jurnal Studi Komunikasi