[交流] 请有经验人士看看这个审稿意见是怎么回事？

我前一段时间投了Pattern Recognition Letters. 我的第一篇期刊。
技术审查让我改了一次参考文献格式和语言问题。

重新提交后过了不到一个礼拜就回来了这个审稿意见。就一个审稿人，意见也没有关于技术问题的。编辑说大修，给两个月，但是deadline又是4个月以后。

这个算是什么啊，很迷茫。是不是我的文章审稿人就没看？

下面是审稿意见，总感觉是技术审查被退回来了一样。

The Editorial Office has received the decision on your article.

The Reviewers' comments are as follows:

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Dear Authors,

Thank you for telling us about your previous publication of a conference paper with contents linked to your PATREC submission. When you are extending a conference paper for journal publication, it is absolutely essential that you list the conference paper in the References, which you do not. In the Introduction the conference paper should be cited and you should explain what further developments are presented in the current paper. Otherwise the reviewers cannot judge the originality of the paper.

Also note that Pattern Recognition Letters is a Letters Journal, publishing short papers, with a maximum of about 5000 words and about seven figures plus tables. You should try to limit the number of figures in your paper.

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In view of the comments made, the Associate Editor responsible for your article has decided that the paper can be reconsidered for publication after major revisions. Therefore we look forward to receiving the revised version of the article as soon as possible, but WITHIN TWO MONTHS, together with a list of changes or a rebuttal against each point which is being raised.

If we do not receive your revision within the 2-month period (deadline: 08-06-2011), your paper will be considered withdrawn. Any revision after this will be treated as a new submission and subject to a new review cycle.

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