当我们再向期刊投稿时,无论是国内核心期刊还是SCI期刊,都要写份信给期刊编辑,在我们工作中,经常遇到作者咨询如何写Cover letter,该写什么内容?
其实Cover letter最主要目的就是告诉所投稿期刊主编/编辑本文研究内容以及这篇文章没有利益冲突,如:无一稿两投情况、未在别的期刊发表、已获得临床试验注册、患者知情情况等,编辑在以后就不会追究这类问题。
例:
Dear Editors,
We would like to submit the enclosed manuscript entitled “Paper Title”, which we wish to be considered for publication in ”Journal Name” . No conflict of interest exits in the submission of this manuscript , and manuscript is approved by all authors for publication. I would like to declare on behalf of my co-authors that the work described was original research that has not been published previously, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere,in whole or in part. All the author listed have approved the manuscript that is enclosed.
In this work ,we evaluated ………(简要介绍下论文的创新性)。 I hope this paper is suitable for “Journal Name”.
The following is a list of possible reviewers for your consideration,
Name A E-mail. ×××@×××
Name B E-mail. ×××@×××
We deeply appreciate your consideration of our manuscript ,and we look forward to receiving comments from the reviewers. If you have any queries , please do not hesitate to contact me at the address below.
Thank you and best regards.
Yours sincerely
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