Survey Study on Attitudes to Multi-Dimensional Sustainable Development with U.K. MSc Students
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
I positively evaluate an interesting area of research – post-graduate students coming from different cultural background (international students). I also appreciate the multi-institutional sample, what makes the research results more reliable.
I would expect deeper needs analysis what would (should) also be reflected in Discussions and Conclusion sections pointing to the novelty, importance and/or contribution of the research and its use/potential for future research. Also, I believe the Discussion can be strengthen by adding the references to the published literature.
Abbreviations should be defined in parentheses the first time they appear in the abstract, main text, and in figure or table captions and used consistently thereafter. ESD, Line 155 EFA
Citations do not correspond to the journal requirements: In the text, reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [1], [1–3] or [1,3]. For embedded citations in the text with pagination, use both parentheses and brackets to indicate the reference number and page numbers; for example [5] (p. 10). or [6] (pp. 101–105).
Line 28-31 is a direct quotation – should be indicated by quotation marks
Line 80-81 – adding commas can make the sentence more readable - These studies, while useful, focus on undergraduate student cohorts.
Line 138 – table caption, however the table is in a separate file (I am not sure, maybe some info should be added (see below)
Lines 180 – 188 – probably inserted by mistake
Line 434 – link to the article does not work (it is available e.g. at https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000216472 )
Line 382 – link does not work
lines117,156 fullstops missing
Author Response
Dear Reviewer
Thanks for your comments. I have edited the text including the abstract and main text. I have also included a copy of the table 1. The journal citation format is Chicago author date. I rmeoved links not working and text inserted by mistake. The direct quote has been removed. The text is now better overall. I have slightly developed the conclusion also including references and new text.
Reviewer 2 Report
The aim of the article where the knowledge and information of postgraduate students on sustainable development is analysed, is well set out. On the other hand, the methodology and data processing are adequate, although the sample is not very large (121 students) this is offset by the fact that the students surveyed belong to various UK institutions.
In view of the above, the article meets the appropriate level for publication; however, it is recommended to solve some formal issues related to editorial standards:
Line 121 (see table) is not a way of quoting a table, it should be indicated to which table number it refers (from the text it appears that it is table 1)
Table 1 has no numbering or legend or title.
It is necessary to check that all citations in the text will appear later in the bibliography, this is essential as numerous citations have been detected in the text that are not found later in the bibliography. Some examples of this are: (Baker, 2013); Line (Kopnina, 2014); (Sipos, Battisti, & Grimm, 2008); and other citations.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer
Thanks for your comments. I have revised the mss and included missing references and also the table now appears in landscape as well as being refeenced in text. I have edited some text also for errors. It now appears as a better text and the abstract has also changed.
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear author(s), I believe the cohesion and coherence of the text is really better now. Omitting certain parts makes the text sound more scientific and academic. I appreciate your work.
