Peer Review History
Original SubmissionDecember 22, 2023 |
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PONE-D-23-43165Removal of organic contamination from wastewater using granular activated carbon modified - Polyethylene glycol: Characterization, Kinetics and Isotherm studyPLOS ONE Dear Dr. Rezakazemi, Thank you for submitting your manuscript to PLOS ONE. After careful consideration, we feel that it has merit but does not fully meet PLOS ONE’s publication criteria as it currently stands. Therefore, we invite you to submit a revised version of the manuscript that addresses the points raised during the review process. ============================== Reviewer 1: 1. The introduction is too long, it is better to reduce it to 800 words maximum. 2. Figure 1 needs reference 3. The resistance of the distilled (DI) water should be stated in the text. 4. In the results section,it is stated that "... employing GAC-PEG in the treatment of water may lead to enhanced ...", do not your test results conclusively indicate that GAC increases the removal efficiency over GAC-PEG? 5. Improve the title of Table 3. It is not appropriate to bring every specification of the table in the title 6. This manuscript has no literature review and a good literature review should be included. 7. Table 5 is not mentioned in the text, it should be described in the text. reviewer 2: 1-You need to statement necessity of study in the introduction. 2-You need to statement aims of study in the introduction. 3- You need to statement disadvantages of adsorption in the introduction. 4- Please, transfer of sentence (The highest dye concentration was adsorbed in pH=2 and 5 mg. L-1 tartrazine, corresponding to removal efficiencies of up to 99.81% for GAC at 0.1 g/50 mL and 90.45% for rice husk at 0.2 g/50 mL. The ideal contact time was discovered after 120 minutes of rice husk and 60 minutes of GAC) from introduction to discussion section. 5-What criteria select of Diazinon (DZ), Amoxicillin (AMX), and Crystal Violet removal from waste water? 6-Please use same format such as : (L. (mg) -1) or (mg. L-1) 6-Which is right % or % Adsorption? 7- You need to references in the method section. 8-Add the caption above table 5 9- In Pseudo-second order unit of K2 is not (min-1) in Table 4. 10- Add QC/QA in method section. 11-You need to discussion section stronger. 12-Add recommendations and future directions for further study in the conclusion section. 13-You need to same format of references ============================== Please submit your revised manuscript by May 31 2024 11:59PM. If you will need more time than this to complete your revisions, please reply to this message or contact the journal office at plosone@plos.org. When you're ready to submit your revision, log on to https://www.editorialmanager.com/pone/ and select the 'Submissions Needing Revision' folder to locate your manuscript file. Please include the following items when submitting your revised manuscript:
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You may also include additional comments for the author, including concerns about dual publication, research ethics, or publication ethics. (Please upload your review as an attachment if it exceeds 20,000 characters) Reviewer #1: 1. The introduction is too long, it is better to reduce it to 800 words maximum. 2. Figure 1 needs reference 3. The resistance of the distilled (DI) water should be stated in the text. 4. In the results section,it is stated that "... employing GAC-PEG in the treatment of water may lead to enhanced ...", do not your test results conclusively indicate that GAC increases the removal efficiency over GAC-PEG? 5. Improve the title of Table 3. It is not appropriate to bring every specification of the table in the title 6. This manuscript has no literature review and a good literature review should be included. 7. Table 5 is not mentioned in the text, it should be described in the text. Reviewer #2: 1-You need to statement necessity of study in the introduction. 2-You need to statement aims of study in the introduction. 3- You need to statement disadvantages of adsorption in the introduction. 4- Please, transfer of sentence (The highest dye concentration was adsorbed in pH=2 and 5 mg. L-1 tartrazine, corresponding to removal efficiencies of up to 99.81% for GAC at 0.1 g/50 mL and 90.45% for rice husk at 0.2 g/50 mL. The ideal contact time was discovered after 120 minutes of rice husk and 60 minutes of GAC) from introduction to discussion section. 5-What criteria select of Diazinon (DZ), Amoxicillin (AMX), and Crystal Violet removal from waste water? 6-Please use same format such as : (L. (mg) -1) or (mg. L-1) 6-Which is right % or % Adsorption? 7- You need to references in the method section. 8-Add the caption above table 5 9- In Pseudo-second order unit of K2 is not (min-1) in Table 4. 10- Add QC/QA in method section. 11-You need to discussion section stronger. 12-Add recommendations and future directions for further study in the conclusion section. 13-You need to same format of references ********** 6. PLOS authors have the option to publish the peer review history of their article (what does this mean?). If published, this will include your full peer review and any attached files. If you choose “no”, your identity will remain anonymous but your review may still be made public. Do you want your identity to be public for this peer review? For information about this choice, including consent withdrawal, please see our Privacy Policy. 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Removal of organic contamination from wastewater using granular activated carbon modified - Polyethylene glycol: Characterization, Kinetics and Isotherm study PONE-D-23-43165R1 Dear Dr. Choopani, We’re pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been judged scientifically suitable for publication and will be formally accepted for publication once it meets all outstanding technical requirements. Within one week, you’ll receive an e-mail detailing the required amendments. When these have been addressed, you’ll receive a formal acceptance letter and your manuscript will be scheduled for publication. An invoice will be generated when your article is formally accepted. Please note, if your institution has a publishing partnership with PLOS and your article meets the relevant criteria, all or part of your publication costs will be covered. Please make sure your user information is up-to-date by logging into Editorial Manager at Editorial Manager® and clicking the ‘Update My Information' link at the top of the page. If you have any questions relating to publication charges, please contact our Author Billing department directly at authorbilling@plos.org. If your institution or institutions have a press office, please notify them about your upcoming paper to help maximize its impact. If they’ll be preparing press materials, please inform our press team as soon as possible -- no later than 48 hours after receiving the formal acceptance. Your manuscript will remain under strict press embargo until 2 pm Eastern Time on the date of publication. For more information, please contact onepress@plos.org. Kind regards, Sara Hemati Academic Editor PLOS ONE Additional Editor Comments (optional): Accept Reviewers' comments: No comment |
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