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组员：赵军郑猛胡中元徐鹏飞韦振菁COVERLETTERCoverletterFollow-upCorrespondence（催稿信）RevisedManuscript(稿件退修)2Maincontents31.Theimportanceofacoverletter(1)Anoutstandingcoverlettercangivetheeditoranexcellentimpression.Itcanbeusedasaprologue(oranopeningremark).(2)Thecoverletteristypicallytheinitialcommunicationwhichyouhavewiththeeditoraboutyourmanuscript.Then,basedontheletterandtheabstractofthemanuscript,theeditorwilldecideifthearticleisworthsendingtopeersforscientificreviewing.(3)Forthecoverlettercanbeseenastheabstractofyourarticle,itcanpartlyrepresentyourwritingstandard.2.Howtowriteacoverletterkeepitconciseandclearandgiveprominencetothekeypoints.Yourcoverlettershouldbepreparedlessthanonepage.43.TheinformationinaCoverLetter(1)Theinformationofthecorrespondent;(2)Thetitleofthemanuscript,thenumbersoftables,figures,charts,platesandsoon;(3)Thestatementthatthismanuscripthasneverbeenpartlyorwhollypublishedinorsubmittedtoanyotherjournals;(4)Thestatementthatallauthorsinthemanuscripthaveagreedtosubmitittothisjournalandit'sbettertohaveeachone'ssignature;5(5)Thestatementthattheresearchinthemanuscripthasbeenconductedundertheguidanceofinternationalethicalstandardsiftheresearchusesanimalsasexperimentalmaterials;(6)Suggestedreviewersyouthinkthatareappropriateforthismanuscript;(7)Thestatementontheinappropriatereviewersforthismanuscript,andit'sbettertostatethereasonsinconcisewords;(8)Somejournalsrequiretheauthorstobrieflyintroducehisresearchpurposes,methodsandresults.6DepartmentofPublication,NSFC83ShuangqingRoad,HaidianDistrictBeijing100083,PRChinaJuly18,2001ProfessorT.Braun,Editor-in-ChiefofScientometericsInstituteofInorganicandAnalyticalChemistryEötvösLorándUniversityH-1443Budapest-70,P.O.Box123HungaryDearEditor:Thisisamanuscriptentitled“InternationalvisibilityofChinesescientificjournals”byShengliRenandRonaldRousseau.Itissubmittedtobeconsideredforpublicationasan“Article”inyourjournal.Allauthorshavereadandapprovedthisversionofthearticle,andduecarehasbeentakentoensuretheintegrityofthework.Neithertheentirepapernoranypartofitscontenthasbeenpublishedorhasbeenacceptedelsewhere.Itisnotbeingsubmittedtoanyotherjournal.7TheinformationofthecorrespondenceNeverbeenpublishedinanyotherjournalsStatementofallauthorsWebelievethepapermaybeofparticularinteresttothereadersofyourjournalasit....CorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoShengliRenatthefollowingaddress,phoneandfaxnumber,andemailaddress:……Thankyouverymuchforyourattentiontoourpaper.Sincerelyyours,ShengliRen(签名)RonaldRousseau(签名)8Theinformationofthecorrespondent4.ThingsYouShouldNeverMention(1)Irrelevantpersonalinformation.(2)Announcementsofyourunprofessionalorunpublishedstatus.(3)Hype.(4)Apologiesaboutyourarticle(oryourself).(5)Adescriptionofthearticle'sflaws.(6)Explanationsofwhyyouaresendingmaterialthatdoesn'tmatchthepublication'sguidelines.9(7)Demandsorexpectations.(8)Opinionsofyourfamily,friends,orwritingteachers.(9)Alistofpriorrejections.(10)Don’tforgettocheckgrammarandspelling.10Follow-upCorrespondenceIfyoudonotreceiveacknowledgmentwithin2weeks,callorwritetheeditorialofficetoverifythatyourmanuscriptwasindeedreceived.11Deareditor,AfterthesubmissionofourmanuscriptentitledCancerclassificationbyexpressionprofiles:microRNAversusmRNA(trackingnumber:2007-10-11332)toNature,sixweekshavepassed.SoIwouldliketoinquirethestatusofourmanuscript.WethinkthatourcommentsontheoriginalpaperofNaturewillcausewidespreadinteresttobothexpertsandnon-experts.ThisisbecausemicroRNAisahotspotinlifescience;theauthoroftheoriginalpaperisaVIPincancerresearchbasedongeneexpressionprofiles,withaSCIHindexof45,totalcitationsmorethan15,000times,andthispapercitied365times;andthealgorithmweproposedoutperformstherecentstate-of-the-artalgorithm.Moreover,byusingotherstate-of-the-artalgorithms,wecanalsoprovethattheoriginalauthor'smainconclusionsarewrong.Iamlookingforwardtoyourreply.Thanksalot.12RevisedManuscriptWhenyoureceiveamodifyletter,examineitandtheaccompanyingreviewers’commentscarefully.Ifthereviewersareright,youshouldfollowtheirdirectionsandrewritethemanuscriptaccordingly.Ifthereviewersandtheeditorseriouslymisreadormisunderstoodyourmanuscript,youmayexplainitreasonablyandlogically.13Deareditor:Thanksalotforhavingreviewedourmanuscript.Nowwehaverevisedthemanuscriptaccordingtothereviewers’comments.Mostoftherevisionsareinthemanuscript.Someexplanationsregardingtherevisionsofourmanuscriptareasfollows.DearProf.XXXX,ThankyouverymuchforyourletterandthecommentsfromtherefereesaboutourpapersubmittedtoXXXX(MSNumberXXXX).Wehavecheckedthemanuscriptandreviseditaccordingtothecomments.Wesubmitheretherevisedmanuscriptaswellasalistofchanges.Ifyouhaveanyquestionaboutthispaper,pleasedon’thesitatetoletmeknow.Sincerelyyours,1415