In our new “how can we help you?” thread, a reader asks:
About withdrawing submissions: a while after submitting my draft to a journal, I found a tons of typos and structural problems. I am sure that the draft has been sent out for review but not sure if it is under active review. What should I do? I am early-mid career so I do have some (minimal) reputation to keep. I am embarrassed about having submitted it, but wonder if withdrawing the submission would be even more embarrassing.
Given that the paper is already under review, I’d stay the course with it and learn from the experience, taking more care in future submissions. First, it’s possible an editor or reviewers might be even more irritated if reviewers have already put a bunch of work in writing reviews and the paper is withdrawn. But second, you never know: maybe you’ll get an R&R despite all of the problems!
What do readers think?
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