est-revision-and-rebuttal
Use when writing the response to an Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) revision decision. ES&T decisions are editor-led on the back of typically three expert reviews, so the response must convert each reviewer with evidence and QA/QC while keeping the editor confident. It structures the response letter and revision; it does not fabricate new results.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill est-revision-and-rebuttal --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Revision & Rebuttal (est-revision-and-rebuttal) An ES&T **major/minor revision** is a real opening, but acceptance depends on satisfying typically **three** expert reviewers and the editor. Environmental-science reviews tend to demand concrete analytical fixes — more QA/QC, a closed mass balance, added controls, clearer significance — so the response letter must answer each with evidence, not assurances. ## When to trigger - A revision decision arrived and you are planning the revision + response letter - Reviewers disagree and you must reconcile their demands - A reviewer requests new experiments, controls, or analyses - Writing the cover note to the editor summarizing the revision ## Strategy 1. **Read the editor's letter as the rubric.** The editor signals which points are decisive — solve those first; the editor adjudicates disagreements among reviewers. 2. **One point-by-point response, every comment addressed.** Quote each comment, then respond. Never skip one — silence reads as non-compliance. 3. **Concede or rebut with evidence.** Did what was asked (cite the new text/figure/table/SI location), or push back **respectfully with a reason** (data, mechanism, or environmental
- When to trigger
- Strategy
- Response-letter format
- Triaging ES&T reviewer asks: concede, add, or defend
- Worked micro-example (illustrative — answering a QA/QC pushback)
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the est-revision-and-rebuttal skill do?
Use when writing the response to an Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) revision decision. ES&T decisions are editor-led on the back of typically three expert reviews, so the response must convert each reviewer with evidence and QA/QC while keeping the editor confident. It structures the response letter and revision; it does not fabricate new results.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill est-revision-and-rebuttal --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.