英文论文投稿信模板

Case 1

Dear Editor,

We would like to submit the enclosed manuscript entitled "GDNF Acutely Modulates Neuronal Excitability and A-type Potassium Channels in Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons", which we wish to be considered for publication in Nature Neuroscience.

GDNF has long been thought to be a potent neurotrophic factor for the survival of midbrain dopaminergic neurons, which are degenerated in Parkinson’s disease. In this paper, we report an unexpected, acute effect of GDNF on A-type potassium channels, leading to a potentiation of neuronal excitability, in the dopaminergic neurons in culture as well as in adult brain slices. Further, we show that GDNF regulates the K+ channels through a mechanism that involves activation of MAP kinase. Thus, this study has revealed, for the first time, an acute modulation of ion channels by GDNF. Our findings challenge the classic view of GDNF as a long-term survival factor for midbrain dopaminergic neurons, and suggest that the normal function of GDNF is to regulate neuronal excitability, and consequently dopamine release. These results may also have implications in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

Due to a direct competition and conflict of interest, we request that Drs. XXX of Harvard Univ., and YY of Yale Univ. not be considered as reviewers. With thanks for your consideration, I am

Sincerely yours,

case2

Dear Editor,

We would like to submit the enclosed manuscript entitled "Ca2+-binding protein frequenin mediates GDNF-induced potentiation of Ca2+ channels and transmitter release", which we wish to be considered for publication in Neuron.

We believe that two aspects of this manuscript will make it interesting to general readers of Neuron. First, we report that GDNF has a long-term regulatory effect on neurotransmitter release at the neuromuscular synapses. This provides the first physiological evidence for a role of this new family of neurotrophic factors in functional synaptic transmission. Second, we show that the GDNF effect is mediated by enhancing the expression of the Ca2+-binding protein frequenin. Further, GDNF and frequenin facilitate synaptic transmission by enhancing Ca2+ channel activity, leading to an enhancement of Ca2+ influx. Thus, this study has identified, for the first time, a molecular target that mediates the long-term, synaptic action of a neurotrophic factor. Our findings may also have general implications in the cell biology of neurotransmitter release.

[0630][投稿写作]某杂志给出的标准Sample Cover Letter[the example used is the IJEB]

Case 3

Sample Cover Letter[the example used is the IJEB]

Dear Editor of the [please type in journal title or acronym]:

Enclosed is a paper, entitled "Mobile Agents for Network Management." Please accept it as a candidate for publication in the [journal title]. Below are our responses to your submission requirements.

1. Title and the central theme of the article.

Paper title: "Mobile Agents for Network Management." This study reviews the concepts of mobile agents and distributed network management system. It proposes a mobile agent-based implementation framework and creates a prototype system to demonstrate the superior performance of a mobile agent-based network over the conventional client-server architecture in a large network environment.

2. Which subject/theme of the Journal the material fits

New enabling technologies (if no matching subject/theme, enter 'Subject highly related to [subject of journal] but not listed by [please type in journal title or acronym])

3. Why the material is important in its field and why the material should be published in [please type in journal title or acronym]?

The necessity of having an effective computer network is rapidly growing alongside the implementation of information technology. Finding an appropriate network management system

has become increasingly important today's distributed environment. However, the conventional centralized architecture, which routinely requests the status information of local units by the central server, is not sufficient to manage the growing requests. Recently, a new framework that uses mobile

agent technology to assist the distributed management has emerged. The mobile agent reduces network traffic, distributes management tasks, and improves operational performance. Given today's bandwidth demand over the Internet, it is important for the [journal title/acronym] readers

to understand this technology and its benefits. This study gives a real-life example of how to use mobile agents for distributed network management. It is the first in the literature that reports the analysis of network performance based on an operational prototype of mobile agent-based distributed

network. We strongly believe the contribution of this study warrants its publication in the [journal title/acronym].

4. Names, addresses, and email addresses of four expert referees.

Prof. Dr. William Gates

Chair Professor of Information Technology

321 Johnson Hall

Premier University Lancaster, NY 00012-6666, USA

phone: +1-888-888-8888 - fax: +1-888-888-8886 e-mail: wgates@lancaster.edu

Expertise: published a related paper ("TCP/IP and OSI: Four Strategies for Interconnection"

188-198. in CACM, 38(3), pp.

Relationship: I met Dr. Gate only once at a conference in 1999. I didn't know him personally.

Assoc Prof. Dr. John Adams

Director of Network Research Center

College of Business Australian University

123, Harbor Drive Sydney,

Australia 56789

phone: +61-8-8888-8888 - fax: +61-8-8888-8886

e-mail: jadams@au.edu.au

Expertise: published a related paper ("Creating Mobile Agents"

Relationship: None. I have never met Dr. Adams.

Assoc Prof. Dr. Chia-Ho Chen

Chair of MIS Department

College of Management

Open University

888, Putong Road

Keelung, Taiwan 100

phone: +886-2-8888-8888 - fax: +886-2-8888-8886

e-mail: chchen@ou.edu.tw

Expertise: published a related paper ("Network Management for E-Commerce"

18-28.

Relationship: Former professor, dissertation chairman.

Mr. Frank Young

Partner, ABC Consulting

888, Seashore Highway

Won Kok, Kowloon

Hong Kong

phone: +852-8888-8888 - fax: +852-8888-8886

e-mail: fyoung@abcc.com

Expertise: Mr. Young provides consulting services extensively to his clients regarding network management practices. Relationship: I have worked with Mr. Young in several consulting projects in the past three years.

Finally, this paper is our original unpublished work and it has not been submitted to any other journal for reviews.

Sincerely,

Johnny Smith in IJ Electronic Business, 1(4), pp. in IEEE TOSE, 18(8), pp. 88-98.

第二篇：英文论文投稿状态解读

现在Elsevier的绝大多数期刊，增加了Technical Checking这一关，由专门的Editorial office来审查你论文的语言、格式、排版、图片等等，也就是说，审查你的投稿是否符合Guide for Authors中的各项要求。

论文投稿之后，状态是Submitted to Journal，后成为with editor。注意：这里的Editor实际上不是期刊的主编，而是Editorial office里负责论文格式、排版、语言审查的编辑。

如果你的论文通过了技术性审查，状态重新变为Submitted to Journal，恭喜你，你的论文通过了第一关。

之后，如果不出意外，你的论文状态会再次变成With Editor，这里的Editor才是真正的期刊主编。到了这一步，你的论文才会进入under review状态。

需要说明的是，如果你的论文没通过Technical Checking这一关，你的论文就会退回，要求做格式、语言上的修改，然后鼓励你再投。

Technical Check就是技术审查，主要检查格式和语法等内容，技术审查所需时间与期刊有关，即使是相同期刊可能也有区别，时间一般在一周左右

投稿SCI，需经历哪些状态才发表，请看－学术期刊投稿术语解释-第一次投稿必看：

1. Submitted to Journal 刚提交的状态

2. Manuscript received by Editorial Office

就是你的文章到了编辑手里了，证明投稿成功

3. With editor 如果在投稿的时候没有要求选择编辑，就先到主编那，主编会分派给别的编辑。这当中就会有另两个状态：

3.1. Awaiting Editor Assignment指派责任编辑

Editor assigned是把你的文章分给一个编辑处理了。

3.2. technical check in progress 检查你的文章符不符合期刊投稿要求

3.3. Editor Declined Invitation 如果编辑接手处理了就会邀请审稿人了。

4.随后也会有2种状态

4.1. Decision Letter Being Prepared 就是编辑没找审稿人就自己决定了，那根据一般经验，对学生来说估计会挂了 1）英文太差，编辑让修改。 2）内容太差，要拒了。除非大牛们直接被接收。

4.2. Reviewer(s) invited 找到审稿人了，就开始审稿

5. Under review

这应该是一个漫长的等待。当然前面各步骤也可能很慢的，要看编辑的处理情况。 如果被邀请审稿人不想审，就会decline，编辑会重新邀请别的审稿人。

6. Required Reviews Completed

审稿人的意见已上传，审稿结束，等待编辑决定

7. Evaluating Recommendation

评估审稿人的意见，随后你将收到编辑给你的decision

8. Minor revision/Major revision这个时候可以稍微庆祝一下了，问题不大了，因为有修改就有可能。具体怎么改就不多说了，谦虚谨慎是不可少的。

9. Revision Submitted to Journal 又开始了一个循环。

10. Accepted 恭喜了

11. Transfer copyright form 签版权协议

12. uncorrected proof 等待你校对样稿

13. In Press, Corrected Proof 文章在印刷中，且该清样已经过作者校对

14. Manuscript Sent to Production 排版

15. in production 出版中

另外的一些常见英文词汇：

camera-ready paper 可以付印的正式稿件

graphical abstract 图文接要一个能够突出你文章特色的图,配上一两句话说明 running head 就是发表文章里显示在你页眉上的（一般论文偶数页显示RUNNING HEAD，奇数页显示论文的前几位作者的英文名缩写），一般是用一个短语（几个单词，别太长了）根括你论文的主要内容。

Response to reviewers

对reviewers的疑问point-to-point回答即可。

先把reviewer的问题，还要有指出的小的文字错误的部分copy下来，然后逐一回答，

reviewer 1

question 1 ...XX.........

answer:......... (pageXX, LineXX )

question ...XX.........

answer:......... (pageXX, LineXX )

文字修改 也一样

*******（原来的意见）

corrected ******（(pageXX, LineXX )）

就是让他一眼就看出来你改了，在那里？如何改的