Dr [Editor-in-Chief’s first and last name]
Editor-in-Chief
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Dear Dr [Editor-in-Chief’s last name]:
We are pleased to submit the attached [write “enclosed” instead of “attached” if you are sending
the paper by post] original research article [or note, review, or other article type appropriate to
the journal] entitled “Your title here in bold” for consideration for publication in Journal Name.
We previously examined [here, mention any published work that you did that provides a context
for the current research, and provide the citation in parentheses]. Here, we expand on that work
to assess [provide a brief description of the objective/subject of your current study, and note
that these sentences can be omitted if they are not relevant].
In this manuscript, we show that [list a few important findings. If you did not mention the
objective of the study in the previous paragraph, mention it here]. These findings are relevant to
the focus of Journal Name in that they [mention, in one or two sentences, how the findings are
relevant to the specific Aims and Scope of the journal. If your work strongly complements other
papers published in the journal, you can briefly mention that and cite those papers here].
We confirm that this manuscript has not been published elsewhere and is not under consideration
by any other journal. All of the authors agree with submission to Journal Name. We have no
conflicts of interest to declare. [If the study involved human subjects or an animal experiment,
state that informed consent was provided or appropriate ethical standards were followed. If the
journal requests that you recommend reviewers, please add the following information:] We
would like to recommend the following reviewers for our manuscript:
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We respectfully request that the following individuals not be asked to review our paper because of
potential conflicts of interest:
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Thank you for your consideration of our manuscript. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
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