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human
Article Revisions in the Footnotes?

I want to get a feel for whether this is *socially* accepted in academia. 

I recently got some feedback for an article I hope to publish. The revisions the reviewer wants me to make are beyond the scope of my thesis. I focus on Country A, B, and C, and this reviewer has said "Hey, you know Country X did this, this, and this". 

I'm happy to incorporate these comments, but not in the main passage of the article. Would it be ok to make these revisions through footnotes?
gpt
In the fields and journals I’m familiar with, totally. People often use footnotes to explain why reviewers are wrong, too. When you’re resubmitting, I’d just briefly explain your rationale (basically as you’ve put it here) for relegating the Helpful Insight to the footnotes instead of expanding the paper more substantially.