The Dance of Disorder (Fluctuations of Entropy)

學術發表的期刊進行投稿作業的相關cover letter有：投稿信、催稿信、審查回覆、修改稿投稿信等。整理如下。

Cover letter主要為敘明文件內容、簡短表明來意、聯繫資料。Cover letter通常由「通訊作者」代表全體作者負責書信及聯繫。主要目的在介紹文章、主要內容，並提出本文的創新、貢獻。列出標題及所希望投稿的刊物，聲明為原創、無版權問題，且未有一稿同時多投等事項。

應載明：擬投期刊，簡述稿件之核心內容、主要發現和貢獻。
需附上：(通訊)作者的姓名、通訊地址、電話、傳真和e-mail。

如果有：對稿件處理的個別特殊要求(如：某些衝突的迴避等)，也可在cover letter述明。
其他：有些期刊惠要求提推薦的審稿人，在線上系統可輸入。若無要求也無法線上輸入，而想自行推薦則附上：推薦審稿人及其聯繫資料(並簡述因其為該領域有聲望且研究成鍋卓著等理由)。

提供下列範例做為學習參考，可依照自己的需求和方向修改套用。

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Dear Editor,

Please consider the submitted manuscript as a candidate for publication of the Decision Support Systems. Below are our statements for this submission.

Paper title: " Answer selection and expert finding in community question answering services: a question answering promoter".

  The central theme of the article:

This study reviews and defines the research strands of community question answering services. It also presents a framework that facilitates explicit and implicit knowledge for knowledge sharing in community question answering services. The proposed question answering promoter integrates archived answers and recommended experts for given target questions that refines archived answers and distributes raised question effectively and demonstrate good promotes for knowledge sharing.

Finally, this paper has not been published previously and not been submitted to any other journal for reviews.

Sincerely,

XXX 

_________________________________________________

(Signature of corresponding author on behalf of all authors)

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Dear Editor, 

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 authors listed have approved the manuscript that is enclosed.
In this work, we evaluated …… (簡要介紹一下論文的創新性). I hope this paper is suitable for Journal of XXXXXXX.
We deeply appreciate your consideration of our manuscript, and we look forward to receiving comments from the reviewers. If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me at the address below.
Best regards.

Yours sincerely,
××××××
Corresponding author:
Name: ×××
E-mail: ××××@××××

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Dear Editor,

The work described has not been submitted elsewhere for publication, in whole or in part, and all the authors listed have approved the manuscript that is enclosed.
 I have read and have abided by the statement of ethical standards for manuscripts submitted to Journal of  XXXXX.

kind regards.
Your sincerely,

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Dear Dr. xxx

We submit our manuscript entitled " 文章title" to 雜誌名for publication.
簡單介紹你文章的主要創新點和意義，盡量簡要，要敘述關鍵內容、貢獻。
All authors have seen the manuscript and approved to submit to your journal. 
Thank you very much for your attention and consideration. 

Sincerely yours, 
通訊作者

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Dear Dr. xxx,

Enclosed herewith please find 3 copies of a MS by: ‘***. *** and ***’ entitled: “**********”, which we would like to submit for publication in the ‘******'.

Looking forward to your decision,
With kind personal regards,

Sincerely,

XXX

_________________________________________________

(Signature of corresponding author on behalf of all authors)

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Dear Prof. Gil:
This is a manuscript by**and **entitled “.......”. It is submitted to be considered for publication as a “...” in your journal. This paper is new. Neither the entire paper nor any part of its content has been published or has been accepted elsewhere. It is not being submitted to any other journal.
We believe the paper may be of particular interest to the readers of your journal as it ........
Correspondence should be addressed to **at the following address, phone and fax number, and email address:
...
Thanks very much for your attention to our paper. 

Sincerely yours,
*****

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Date: Sep 15, 2017
Dear Editors:

On behalf of my co-authors, I am submitting the enclosed material “ TITLE ” for possible publication in JOURNAL. 

We certify that we have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the appropriateness of the experimental design and method, and the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data.

We have reviewed the final version of the manuscript and approve it for publication. To the best of our knowledge and belief, this manuscript has not been published in whole or in part nor is it being considered for publication elsewhere.

Best Regards.
Yours Sincerely,
NAME,ADRESS,EMAIL,FAX

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Dear Dr Regino Perez-Polo：
Enclosed are a manuscript by su jian, yang kun, chen zhihua．Su jian titled“Hypothermia after Acute Ischemic Stroke
”．It is submitted to be considered for publication as a“review" in your journal．This paper is～•Neither the entire paper nor any part of its content has been published or has been accepted elsewhere ．It is not being submitted to any other journal．
We believe the paper may be of particular interest to the readers of your journal.
Correspondence and phone calls about the paper should be directed to Su jian at the following address，phone and fax number，and e-mail address：

Su jian
Institute: Information Management InStitute of National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Adress: No.1 University Rd.
Tel： +886 
Fax:
E-mail：

Thanks very much for your attention to our paper．

Sincerely yours，
Su jian

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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,

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Dear **.
We would like to submit the enclosed manuscript entitled " *** ", which we wish to be considered for publication in **journal. 
We believe that two aspects of this manuscript will make it interesting to general readers of **journal. First, ***. Second, ***. Further, ***.
Thank you very much your considering our manuscript for potential publication. I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Best wishes.

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Dear Sirs,
I am sending herewith a copy of the manuscript, which I would like to submit to SOLA, the Electronic Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan.
The paper is entitled:
Energy Spectrum Proportional to the Squared Phase Speed of
Rossby Modes in the General Circulation of the Atmosphere
by H. L. Tanaka, Yasushi Watarai, and Takahiro Kanda.
Copy of the Abstract:
In this study, energy spectrum of the large-scale atmospheric motions is examined in the framework of the 3D normal mode decomposition. The horizontal scale of disturbance is measured by the phase speed of a Rossby mode c. According to the analysis result for the barotropic component of the atmosphere, we obtain a characteristic energy spectrum with distinct slopes for the turbulence and wave regimes separated by the spherical Rhines speed. In order to explain the observational finding that the energy spectrum is proportional to c^2, we put forward a hypothesis based on the criterion of Rossby wave breaking such that the local meridional gradient of potential vorticity becomes negative, dq/dy < 0, somewhere in the domain. With a constant m describing a total mass of the atmosphere for unit area, we have shown that the barotropic energy spectrum of the general circulation E can be represented as E=mc^2.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Hiroshi L. Tanaka
Division of Geoenvironmental Sciences
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba 305-8572, JAPAN
Tel: +81-29-853-4502
Fax: +81-29-853-6879
E-Mail: asda@dfdfsd.cc.tsukuba.edu.tw
I hereby certify that this paper consists of original, unpublished work which is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Desired Editors in Charge:(通常是期刊有要求才提列)
Kimoto, Masahide University of Tokyo
Mak, Mankin University of Illinois
Five Potential Reviewers:
Name-1, e-mail address-1
Name-2, e-mail address-2
Name-3, e-mail address-3

The original manuscript and figures will be transferred, following the instruction by the Editorial Committee when the paper is accepted. I hope your favorable consideration for publication to SOLA.
Sincerely,
Hiroshi L. Tanaka
Attachment: PDF file of the manuscript. 

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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,

xxx

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Dear Prof. XXXXX,  

    Here within enclosed is our paper for consideration to be published on “(Journal name)”. The further information about the paper is in the following: 

   The Title:     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

   The Authors:   XXXXXXXXXX   XXXXXXXXXXXX  and  XXXXXXXXXX

   The authors claim that none of the material in the paper has been pub

lished or is under consideration for publication elsewhere.

   I am the corresponding author and my address and other information is as follows,            

               Address:    Department of XXXXXXXXX,

                           Tsinghua University,

                           Taiwan

               E-mail:     XXXXX@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

                Tel:       886-5-86275001

                Fax:       886-5-85627001

  Thank you very much for consideration!

  Sincerely Yours,

 Dr. XXXXXXXXXXX

二、稿件狀態詢問(催稿信)：詢問稿件的處理進度。如果經過了異常久(4甚至6個月)都無回音、進度，就可以詢問一下。不過，通常是問了也沒是回音。請慎重使用，也有可能問了就reject的，但我認為超過6個月無進度，還是要問，尤其是有時間壓力的投稿人，免得一直延宕虛耗時間而無結果。

Dear Prof. ×××:
Sorry for disturbing you. I am not sure if it is the right time to contact you to inquire about the status of my submitted manuscript titled “Paper Title”. (ID: 文章稿號), although the status of “With Editor” has been lasting for more than two months, since submitted to journal three months ago. I am just wondering that my manuscript has been sent to reviewers or not?
I would be greatly appreciated if you could spend some of your time check the status for us. I am very pleased to hear from you on the reviewer’s comments.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Best regards!
Yours sincerely,
××××××
Corresponding author:
Name: ×××
E-mail: ××××@××××

三、修改稿Cover letter
Dear Dr/ Prof..（寫上負責你文章編輯的姓名，顯得尊重，因為第一次的投稿不知道具體負責的編輯，只能用通用的Editors）:
On behalf of my co-authors, we thank you very much for giving us an opportunity to revise our manuscript, we appreciate editor and reviewers very much for their positive and constructive comments and suggestions on our manuscript entitled “Paper Title”. (ID: 文章稿號).
We have studied reviewer’s comments carefully and have made revision which marked in red in the paper. We have tried our best to revise our manuscript according to the comments. Attached please find the revised version, which we would like to submit for your kind consideration.
We would like to express our great appreciation to you and reviewers for comments on our paper. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you and best regards.
Yours sincerely,
××××××
Corresponding author:
Name: ×××
E-mail: ××××@××××

四、修改稿回答審稿人的意見（最重要的部分）
List of Responses
Dear Editors and Reviewers:
Thank you for your letter and for the reviewers’ comments concerning our manuscript entitled “Paper Title” (ID: 文章稿號). Those comments are all valuable and very helpful for revising and improving our paper, as well as the important guiding significance to our researches. We have studied comments carefully and have made correction which we hope meet with approval. Revised portion are marked in red in the paper. The main corrections in the paper and the responds to the reviewer’s comments are as flowing:
Responds to the reviewer’s comments:
Reviewer #1:
1. Response to comment: (……簡要列出意見……)
Response: ××××××
2. Response to comment: (……簡要列出意見……)
Response: ××××××
。。。。。。
逐條意見回答，切忌一定不能有遺漏
針對不同的問題有下列幾個禮貌術語可適當用用：
We are very sorry for our negligence of ……...
We are very sorry for our incorrect writing ……...
It is really true as Reviewer suggested that……
We have made correction according to the Reviewer’s comments.
We have re-written this part according to the Reviewer’s suggestion
As Reviewer suggested that……
Considering the Reviewer’s suggestion, we have ……
最後特意感謝一下這個審稿人的意見：
Special thanks to you for your good comments.
Reviewer #2:
同上述
Reviewer #3:
    ××××××
Other changes:
1. Line 60-61, the statements of “……” were corrected as “…………”
2. Line 107, “……” was added
3. Line 129, “……” was deleted
    ××××××
    We tried our best to improve the manuscript and made some changes in the manuscript.  These changes will not influence the content and framework of the paper. And here we did not list the changes but marked in red in revised paper.
We appreciate for Editors/Reviewers’ warm work earnestly, and hope that the correction will meet with approval.
Once again, thank you very much for your comments and suggestions.

五、文章接受後可以考慮感謝一下負責你文章的編輯或主編（根據需要）
Dear Prof. ××××××:
Thanks very much for your kind work and consideration on publication of our paper. On behalf of my co-authors, we would like to express our great appreciation to editor and reviewers.
Thank you and best regards.
Yours sincerely,
××××××
Corresponding author:
Name: ×××
E-mail: ××××@××××

六、詢問校稿信件（如果文章接受後時間較長）
Dear ×××:
Sorry for disturbing you. I am not sure if it is the right time to contact you to inquire about the status of our accepted manuscript titled “Paper Title” (ID: 文章稿號), since the copyright agreement for publication has been sent to you two months ago. I am just wondering that how long I can receive the proof of our manuscript from you?
I would be greatly appreciated if you could spend some of your time for a reply. I am very pleased to hear from you.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Yours sincerely,
××××××
Corresponding author:
Name: ×××
E-mail: ××××@××××
七、文章校稿信件
Dear Mr. ×××:
Thanks very much for your kind letter about the proof of our paper titled “Paper Title” (ID: 文章稿號) for publication in “Journal Name”. We have finished the proof reading and checking carefully, and some corrections about the proof and the answers to the queries are provided below.
Corrections:
1. In ****** should be **** (Page ***, Right column, line***)
2. In **** the “*****” should be “****” (Page ****, Right column, line****)
Answers for “author queries”:
1. *********************.
2. **********************
3. **********************
We greatly appreciate the efficient, professional and rapid processing of our paper by your team. If there is anything else we should do, please do not hesitate to let us know.
Thank you and best regards.
Yours sincerely,
××××××
Corresponding author:
Name: ×××
E-mail: ××××@××××

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