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Navigating the Peer Review Process
Overview
This chapter will help you learn how to submit manuscripts to journals and to revise manuscripts to address the concerns of the journals’ reviewers.
Manuscript Submission
Cover Letter
When you have written your manuscript in the most appropriate format, had it reviewed by an editor, decided on the best journal to which to submit it, and prepared the manuscript and figures in conformance with the requirements of the journal, what is the next step? The 1 important task that remains to be done is to write the cover letter. A cover letter is not simply:
Dear Editor:
Here is my manuscript on the ABC tumor marker. I hope you like it.
Sincerely, John Author, M.D., Ph.D.
The cover letter is where you communicate important information that the editor will not necessarily be able to glean from the manuscript itself — information that may well determine the fate of the manuscript: ▪ State the full title of the manuscript and the names of all the authors and indicate that the manuscript is being submitted for the journal’s consideration.
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