科研SCI论文实验写作至发表完全攻略（十三）

D. 投稿：论文的最后一稿准备好后，就可向国外投稿。一般来说，投稿程序分以下三步。

(1)准备投稿信(covering letter，submission letter)：生物医学期刊的编辑往往需要一些有关作者及其论文的信息，而作者也希望给编辑提供一些有助于其全文送审及决策的信息。这些信息都应该包括在投稿信中。投稿信应包括以下几方面的内容：文题和所有作者的姓名；稿件适宜的栏目；为什么此论文适合于在该刊而不是其它刊物上发表?关于重复或部分发表或已投它刊的说明；不能转让版权的说明(如美国联邦政府雇员)；建议审稿人及因存在竞争关系而不宜做审稿人的名单；通信作者(corresponding author)的姓名、详细地址、电话和传真号码、e-mail地址；能否付出版费(版面费、彩图费)的说明(如果该刊收取版面费和彩图费)；希望核校校样或稿件若不接收退回原稿的要求(有的期刊在“投稿须知”中约定，除非作者在投稿信中提出要求，否则原稿不退还给作者)。投稿信举例：

Dear Dr．：

Enclosed are three copies of a manuscript by Rose N ．Dipaola，Donna A．Gallo，and Tom N．Roberts titled ”Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Long-Term Transfusion Patients”. It is submitted to be considered for publication as a ”Original Article" 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 because the study it reports stated the HCV infection rate among long-term transfusion patients is higher than that of the general population and of short-term transfusion patients．

Correspondence and phone calls about the paper should be directed to Rose N．Dipaola at the following address，phone and fax number，and e-mail address：

Rose N ．Dipaola，MD

Institute of Internal Medicine

Cleveland Clinic Foundation                                                                    

9500 Euclid Ave．

Cleveland，OH44195，USA

Tel：1-216-444-5360

Fax：1-216-444-9580

E-mail：dipao＠cesmtp ．ccf. Org

Thanks very much for your attention to our paper．

Sincerely yours，

Rose N．Dipaola