The Future Direction of Halal Food Additive and Ingredient Research in Economics and Business: A Bibliometric Analysis
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The paper gave bibliometric analysis of Halal products in economics and business. But there are serious concerns with the paper.
1. The studies mentioned in the manuscript is not related to the sustainability rather it only depends upon market and business.
2. This manuscript does not mention any reason or a discussion stating the relevance and relation of Halal products with health as claimed.
Author Response
Cover Letter and Corrections to the Manuscript
Article Title:
The Future Direction of Halal Additive and Ingredient Research in Economics and Business: A Bibliometric Analysis
Dear Reviewers of Sustainability Journal, MDPI,
We, the authors of this manuscript, sincerely thank the reviewers for the constructive comments and suggestions to improve this article further.
Based on the comments and suggestions, we have made all necessary corrections and responded to the reviewers' valuable insights and comments.
We are submitting two drafts, as follows:
- The first is the draft with track changes, but it does not undergo grammar checking. It is for the editorial board only;
- The second is the draft without track changes, which undergoes grammar checking (used in correction sheet below). The grammar-checking app cannot proceed with the track-changes file. The draft is for the editorial board and reviewers.
For both drafts, we also marked the changes with different colors, as follows:
- The yellow is the improvement based on the first reviewer’s comments;
- The green is the improvement based on the second reviewer’s comments;
- The yellow and purple are the improvement based on the third reviewer’s comments;
We again thank the reviewers for their time and feedback. It has undoubtedly improved our final manuscript and communication with the readers of the Sustainability Journal. We present tables responding to each reviewer's comments and feedback, and the revised paper, as attached.
Thank you.
Yours Sincerely,
The Authors.
| No | Comments for correction | Corrections and Page Number |
| 1 | The studies mentioned in the manuscript is not related to the sustainability rather it only depends upon market and business. | Thank you for highlighting this concern. We have improved the paper by adding sustainability coverage in the following: a. Introduction section: paragraph in line number 43 - 45 (page 1) and 126 - 134 (page 4) (yellow). |
| 2 | This manuscript does not mention any reason or a discussion stating the relevance and relation of Halal products with health as claimed. |
Thank you for your comments. We have added halal concerns on health and food safety in the following: a. The Introduction section: in line number 92 - 147 (pages 2-6), table 1 (pages 3 -4) and table 2 (pages 5 - 6) (yellow).b. The result and discussion: line number 519 – 522 (page 21) and 638 -648 (page 24), figure 11 (page 23) (yellow). c. The conclusions: sentence in line number 676 (page 25) (yellow). |
Author Response File: 
Author Response.docx
Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript titled with " The Future Direction of Halal Additives and Ingredients in Economics and Business Research: A Bibliometric Analysis". The manuscript discuss a good points. Overall, The presented study indicates that the research gap in the halal sector. Together with previous studies on bibliometric analysis, this study results in future trends and the novelty of halal research in business and economics. The manuscript written well. But it needs a minor revision. The materials and methods should be shortening and also the conclusion should be concentrated in two or three sentences.
Author Response
Cover Letter and Corrections to the Manuscript
Article Title:
The Future Direction of Halal Additive and Ingredient Research in Economics and Business: A Bibliometric Analysis
Dear Reviewers of Sustainability Journal, MDPI,
We, the authors of this manuscript, sincerely thank the reviewers for the constructive comments and suggestions to improve this article further.
Based on the comments and suggestions, we have made all necessary corrections and responded to the reviewers' valuable insights and comments.
We are submitting two drafts, as follows:
- The first is the draft with track changes, but it does not undergo grammar checking. It is for the editorial board only;
- The second is the draft without track changes, which undergoes grammar checking (used in correction sheet below). The grammar-checking app cannot proceed with the track-changes file. The draft is for the editorial board and reviewers.
For both drafts, we also marked the changes with different colors, as follows:
- The yellow is the improvement based on the first reviewer’s comments;
- The green is the improvement based on the second reviewer’s comments;
- The yellow and purple are the improvement based on the third reviewer’s comments;
We again thank the reviewers for their time and feedback. It has undoubtedly improved our final manuscript and communication with the readers of the Sustainability Journal. Below we present tables responding to each reviewer's comments and feedback, and the revised paper.
Thank you.
Yours Sincerely,
The Authors.
| No | Comments for correction | Corrections and Page Number |
| 1 | The materials and methods should be shortening | Thank you for your remarks. We revised the material and method section with short coverage. The revision was conducted in line number 155 – 205 (pages 7 -8) (green). |
| 2 | Also, the conclusion should be concentrated in two or three sentences | Thank you for your remarks. We revised the conclusion section with short coverage. The revision was conducted in line number 656 – 659, 663 – 665, 667 – 676 (pages 24 - 25) (green). |
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Reviewer 3 Report
The current manuscript reports the future direction of halal additives and ingredients in economics and business research: a bibliometric analysis» touches. The topic of the manuscript is very interesting and important. However, instead of quantitative data, I would like to see a deeper qualitative analysis of scientific publications on this topic. Figures 1 and 2 should be presented in a higher quality, despite the fact that they are borrowed from other sources. The manuscript contains many first-person expressions. I think we should add a section on the qualitative analysis of the most significant publications on the topic of the manuscript.
Author Response
Cover Letter and Corrections to the Manuscript
Article Title:
The Future Direction of Halal Additive and Ingredient Research in Economics and Business: A Bibliometric Analysis
Dear Reviewers of Sustainability Journal, MDPI,
We, the authors of this manuscript, sincerely thank the reviewers for the constructive comments and suggestions to improve this article further.
Based on the comments and suggestions, we have made all necessary corrections and responded to the reviewers' valuable insights and comments.
We are submitting two drafts, as follows:
- The first is the draft with track changes, but it does not undergo grammar checking. It is for the editorial board only;
- The second is the draft without track changes, which undergoes grammar checking (used in correction sheet below). The grammar-checking app cannot proceed with the track-changes file. The draft is for the editorial board and reviewers.
For both drafts, we also marked the changes with different colors, as follows:
- The yellow is the improvement based on the first reviewer’s comments;
- The green is the improvement based on the second reviewer’s comments;
- The yellow and purple are the improvement based on the third reviewer’s comments;
We again thank the reviewers for their time and feedback. It has undoubtedly improved our final manuscript and communication with the readers of the Sustainability Journal. Below we present tables responding to each reviewer's comments and feedback, and the revised paper.
Thank you.
Yours Sincerely,
The Authors.
| No | Comments for correction | Corrections and Page Number |
| 1 |
However, instead of quantitative data, I would like to see a deeper qualitative analysis of scientific publications on this topic. I think we should add a section on the qualitative analysis of the most significant publications on the topic of the manuscript. |
Thank you for your input. We added subsection 3.1 (line number 497 - 653 on pages 24), Figure 11 (pages 21 - 23), and figure 11 ((page 23), table 8 (page 25). The additional coverage is in yellow and purple color. |
| 2 | Figures 1 and 2 should be presented in a higher quality, despite the fact that they are borrowed from other sources. | Thank you for the suggestion. We modified the figure 1 (page 8) and figure 2 (page 9) |
| 3 | The manuscript contains many first-person expressions. | Thank you for the comments. We modified the text's first-person expressions with "authors" and passive forms. |
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
The paper and the studies can be good but I again strongly feel that the review is not in the scope of sustainability journal.
Author Response
Cover Letter and Corrections to the Manuscript
Article Title:
The Future Direction of Halal Additive and Ingredient Research in Economics and Business: A Bibliometric Analysis
Dear Reviewer of Sustainability Journal, MDPI,
We, the authors of this manuscript, sincerely thank you for the constructive comments and suggestions to improve this article further.
Based on the comments and suggestions, we have made all necessary corrections and responded to your valuable insights and comments.
We again thank the reviewer for your time and feedback. It has undoubtedly improved our final manuscript and communication with the readers of the Sustainability Journal. Below we present tables responding to your comments and feedback.
Thank you.
Yours Sincerely,
The Authors.
| NO | Comments for correction | Corrections and Page Number |
| 1 | The paper and the studies can be good but I again strongly feel that the review is not in the scope of sustainability journal. | Thank you for highlighting this concern. In the previous revision, we have improved the paper by adding the scope of sustainability and sustainable food in the following:
In addition to the first revision, we would like to improve the paper to meet the second-review comment. We removed coverage about halal cosmetics and pharma, and emphasize the sustainable food coverage in our paper, as follows:
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Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Reviewer 3 Report
Dear Authors,
You did a good job on the comments, made significant corrections to your manuscript.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer of Sustainability Journal, MDPI,
We, the authors of this manuscript, sincerely thank to you for the constructive comments and suggestions to improve this article further.
We again thank to you for your time and feedback.
Yours Sincerely,
Authors.
