Cover letter | 应该包括的内容和示例

在网上对期刊进行投稿时，一般需要附上一封信件（cover letter）。

Cover letter 是总结性的介绍，常用于出国申请、申请工作或学位以及期刊投稿等活动。

而在期刊投稿中，cover letter 是与编辑直接对话的最好机会，可能编辑不会很仔细地看你的论文，但一定会看 cover letter。

各个期刊对 cover letter 的具体要求可能不一样，可以参照“guide for authors”，如果没有具体要求，可以按通用要求处理：

Cover letter 的主要内容：

1、论文的基本信息（题目、所有作者的联系方式）

2、论文的主要研究发现。

3、论文可能具有的意义。

4、作者推荐的同行审稿人，

5、作者希望避免的同行审稿人

6、已经阅读论文的专家

以下为 cover letter 的三个示例：

示例一：

Dear editors,

On behalf of my co-authors, I am submitting the enclosed material "title" for possible publication in journal.

Your brief introduction of the paper （50-70 words）.

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.

Thank you very much for attention and consideration.

Best regards.

Yours sincerely,

Name,

Address,

E-mail,

Fax

示例二：

Dear editors,

We would like to submit the manuscript entitled“title”for a publication in form of full article in the JOURNAL.

Your brief introduction of the paper （50-70 words）.

This paper has not been submitted elsewhere for consideration of publication. All authors have read and approved to submit it to your journal. There is no conflict of interest of any authors in relation to the submission.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

Yours sincerely,

Name,

Address,

E-mail,

Fax

示例三：

Dear editors,

We would like to submit the enclosed manuscript entitled“title”, 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,……