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Author’s Responses to Peer Reviews of “Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia Using a Modified Singular Spectrum Analysis Approach: Model Development and Data Analysis”

Author’s Responses to Peer Reviews of “Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia Using a Modified Singular Spectrum Analysis Approach: Model Development and Data Analysis”

Author’s Responses to Peer Reviews of “Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia Using a Modified Singular Spectrum Analysis Approach: Model Development and Data Analysis”

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    Authors’ Response to Peer Reviews

    King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Corresponding Author:

    Nader Alharbi, PhD

    King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

    King Abdullah International Medical Research Center

    Prince Mutib Ibn Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Rd, Ar Rimayah

    Riyadh

    Saudi Arabia

    Phone: 966 114299999 ext 95590

    Email: alharbina@ksau-hs.edu.sa



    These are the author's response to peer reviews for “Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia Using a Modified Singular Spectrum Analysis Approach: Model Development and Data Analysis”.


    First, I wish to thank the editor and all the reviewers for their enlightening comments and observations, which I strongly believe have increased the quality of this manuscript [1]. I am indeed grateful for the time they have devoted to this paper. I hope you will be pleased to learn that I have taken on board and addressed all observations and comments.

    Anonymous [2]

    Specific Comments
    1. Thank you for this comment [2]. I have revised the discussion of the singular spectrum analysis technique and COVID-19 cases according to the referee’s suggestion, and I added more information and citations.
    2. I appreciate the reviewer’s insightful comment. The test was used, and the results are provided. The recommended paper and another related paper were cited.

    Anonymous [3]

    General Comments

    Thank you for pointing out the formatting issues to me [3]. I agree, they must have been due to a formatting bug during submission. I hope now you will be pleased, as I have addressed all observations and submitted the paper as a Word file.


    I appreciate the reviewer’s insightful comments and suggestions.

    1. The whole manuscript has been reviewed and edited by a native speaker as suggested.

    2. Moreover, the references have been removed from the Abstract and added to the Introduction section.

    1. Alharbi N. Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia Using a Modified Singular Spectrum Analysis Approach: Model Development and Data Analysis. JMIRx Med 2021 Mar 31;2(1):e21044 [FREE Full text] [CrossRef]
    2. Anonymous Reviewer. Peer review of "Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia Using a Modified Singular Spectrum Analysis Approach: Model Development and Data Analysis". JMIRx Med 2021 Mar 31;2(1):e28741 [FREE Full text] [CrossRef]
    3. Anonymous Reviewer. Peer review of "Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia Using a Modified Singular Spectrum Analysis Approach: Model Development and Data Analysis". JMIRx Med 2021 Mar 31;2(1):e28679 [FREE Full text] [CrossRef]

    Edited by E Meinert; This is a non–peer-reviewed article. submitted 12.03.21; accepted 12.03.21; published 31.03.21

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    ©Nader Alharbi. Originally published in JMIRx Med (https://med.jmirx.org), 31.03.2021.

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