Multi-paper management

Organize and manage multiple papers, revision rounds, and submission workflows.

Overview

Rebuttr is designed to handle multiple papers simultaneously, whether you're responding to reviews for several manuscripts or tracking multiple revision rounds for a single paper.

Paper Status

Each paper has a status that helps you track its progress:

Status Description
Draft Paper created, no reviews imported yet
In Progress Reviews imported, responses being drafted
Completed All comments have responses
Submitted Rebuttal exported and submitted to journal

Dashboard View

The dashboard shows all your papers with key information:

Filtering and Sorting

Use the filter controls to find papers quickly:

Revision Rounds

Track multiple rounds of revision for the same paper:

Round 1 → Round 2 → Round 3 → Accepted

Creating a New Round

  1. Open your existing paper
  2. Click "New Revision Round"
  3. The previous round is archived
  4. Import new reviewer comments
  5. Previous responses are available for reference
Terminal
# Create new revision round via CLI $ rebuttr round new --paper "My Paper" # List all rounds for a paper $ rebuttr round list --paper "My Paper" # Switch to a specific round $ rebuttr round switch --paper "My Paper" --round 2
Round History

All revision rounds are preserved. You can reference previous rounds when drafting new responses, which is helpful when reviewers ask about changes made in earlier revisions.

Organizing Papers

Tags

Add tags to categorize your papers:

Terminal
# Add tags to a paper $ rebuttr tag add --paper "My Paper" --tags "priority,grant-123" # List papers by tag $ rebuttr list --tag "priority" # Remove a tag $ rebuttr tag remove --paper "My Paper" --tag "draft"

Archives

Archive completed or abandoned papers to keep your dashboard clean:

Terminal
# Archive a paper $ rebuttr archive --paper "Old Paper" # List archived papers $ rebuttr list --archived # Unarchive a paper $ rebuttr unarchive --paper "Old Paper"

Bulk Operations

Perform operations on multiple papers at once:

Terminal
# Export all completed papers $ rebuttr export --all --status completed --format docx --output-dir ./rebuttals/ # Archive all submitted papers $ rebuttr archive --status submitted # Backup all papers $ rebuttr export --all --format json --output-dir ./backup/

Data Storage

All paper data is stored locally:

Location Contents
~/Rebuttr/papers/ Paper data and reviews
~/Rebuttr/exports/ Generated export files
~/Rebuttr/backups/ Automatic backups
~/Rebuttr/rebuttr.db SQLite database

Collaboration

Share paper data with collaborators:

Export and Import

  1. Export the paper as JSON: rebuttr export --paper "My Paper" --format json
  2. Share the JSON file with your collaborator
  3. They import it: rebuttr import --file paper.json
Sync Limitations

Rebuttr doesn't have real-time sync. For collaborative editing, export/import JSON files or consider using shared cloud storage for your Rebuttr data directory.

Best Practices

Next Steps