如何向外国作者写邮件索要数据

在写Meta-analysis时，经常会碰到你感兴趣的指标文献没有报道，且不能利用现有统计学指标进行估算，这时通常需要向论文作者索要原始数据以计算相关统计量，一下为索要原始数据的结构化模板，可供参考。DearProf.XXX(Putthelastnameofcorrespondingauthorhere),ThisisDoctorZhangfromWuhanUnionHospital(Puttheaffiliationinstitutionhere)inChina.MyteamandIarewritingameta-analysistodeterminewhetherthepresenceandseverityofNAFLDareassociatedwiththepresenceandseverityofCKD.(Puttheobjectiveofthemeta-analysishere)Andyourpaper(CamposGM,BambhaK,VittinghoffE,RablC,PosseltAM,etal.(2008)Aclinicalscoringsystemforpredictingnonalcoholicsteatohepatitisinmorbidlyobesepatients.Hepatology47:1916–1923.)willbequotedinthismeta-analysis.Therefore,Iwouldreallyappreciateitifyoucouldprovidemethefollowingdata:1)Wasallocationconcealmentapplied?2)Wasitblindeddesign?Singleordoubleblinded?3)…thenextitemizedquestionThesedatahavegreatsignificanceinunderstandingtheassociationbetweenNAFLDandCKD(theimportanceofabovedata).Themanuscriptcannotbecompletedwithoutabovedata.Iamlookingforwardtohearingfromyou.Thankyouforyourkindconsiderationofthisrequest.YoursSincerely,SanZhang(Putyourfullnamehere)DepartmentofNephrology(Putyourdepartmenthere)UnionHospitalofTongjiMedicalCollege,HuazhongUniversityofScienceandTechnology(Putyouraffiliationinstitutionhere)Wuhancity430022,Hubeiprovince,P.R.China(Putyourdetailedaddresshere)E-mail:[e-mail](Putyouremailaddresshere)Note:黑色字体部分为模板，一般情况不需要大的修改蓝色字体部分为示例，根据实际情况修改红色部分为对蓝色部分内容的解释说明，删除斜体部分为文献引用，根据实际文献修改，推荐使用EndNote等文献管理软件生成Warning:本文系首页载明作者原创，如需引用或转载请注明出处，未经作者本人许可，不得用于任何商业或营利用途，作者保留主张包括但不限于停止侵权、赔偿损失等权利。