Unit Ten Submitting Paper
Objectives
- Know the paper processing procedures
- Become aware of politeness in letter writing
- Write a submission cover letter and reply to the decision letter
Contents
- Reading and discussion: A submission cover letter and a decision letter.
- Language focus: politeness
- Writing practice: submission cover letter; reply to a decision letter; inquiry letter 1.Reading Activity
Your research paper is finished. The next step is to submit the paper to a suitable academic journal. This unit aims to show you the review procedure, hopefully bring you an awareness of two language features of academic writing, and finally help you correspond with the edit-in-chief on your own.
1.1Pre-reading Task
Before you learn the detailed information, please discuss the following questions.
What should you consider about the journal you are going to submit the paper to?
What should you do to your paper before submission?
What should be included in your submission E-mail?
How can we sound polite when we write the submission cover letter and reply to the decision letter?
1.2Reading Passages
Letter 1--A submission cover letter
Dear Dr. James Joyce,
This is a manuscript entitled "A NOVEL ROOT-END FILLING MATERIAL BASED ON HYDROXYAPATITE, TETRACALCIUM PHOSPHATE AND
POLYACRYLIC ACID " by Ling Huchong and Qiao Feng from State Key
Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical
Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. It is submitted to be
considered for publication as an "Original Article" in your journal.
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.
In this work, we developed a novel filling material
hydroxyapatite/tetracalcium phosphate/polyacrylic acid cement (HA/TTCP/PAA), and further examined its chemical composition, physical properties and
cytotoxicity in comparison with glass ionomer cement (GIC) and Portland cement (PC). I hope this paper is suitable for “INTERNATIONAL ENDODONTIC
JOURNAL”.
The following is a list of possible reviewers for your consideration:
1) Professor Duan Yu E-mail: duanyu@
2) Professor Shi Tai E-mail: shitai@
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.
Enclosed please find the paper.
