Understanding the Academic and Social Integration Process of Students Entering Higher Education: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
1. In the introduction, please add research questions.
2. In the introduction, I suggest that you can add theoretical perspectives.
3. In the introduction, please add the importance of international students and students in a bridging programme as subjects.
4. In Sampling strategy and participants, please add the sampling technique.
5. Please add the ethical approval number and the name of the reviewer.
6. Please explain in detail how to confirm the reliability and validity of the analysis results.
7. I suggest adding a section on conclusions and recommendations. This section contains headings such as Conclusions, Recommendations, Contributions, Limitations, and Future Research.
8. Please add the implications of this study for the post-epidemic era.
9. Please add more literature after the outbreak. It is also suggested to refer to this article. Wei, C., Ma, Y., Ye, J.-H.*, & Nong, L. (2022). First-year college students' mental health in the post-COVID-19 era in Guangxi, China: A study demands-resources model perspective. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 906788. https://doi.org/10.1080/10.3389/fpubh.2022.906788
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Reviewer 2 Report
The paper will need to be reviewed for English editing.
Throughout the comments, edits were suggested.
EA was defined as 18-25 years old but in the study, the participants were 18-42 years old, well beyond the EA. This should be explained in limitations.
FGD was not explained
In the highlighted file, suggestions were provided including the naming of sections - such as Limitations and Implications of the Study.
Comments for author File: Comments.pdf
Author Response
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear Authors,
You have revised the manuscript and has improved significantly, so I will suggest editor that it can be accepted this revision.
Best regards
Reviewer 2 Report
The authors did a very thorough review of the both reviewer's comments and the manuscript depicts their hard work. I do not have any other major suggestions.
