{"id":1527,"date":"2020-12-24T17:53:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T17:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/?page_id=1527"},"modified":"2022-03-18T10:10:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T10:10:49","slug":"cover-letter-for-a-journal-manuscript-submission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/cover-letter-for-a-journal-manuscript-submission\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover letter for a journal manuscript submission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; 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_builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.8&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|10px||10px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||10px|false|false&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;5px&#8221; border_color_left=&#8221;#0c71c3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Cover letter for a journal manuscript submission<\/b><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authors are typically requested to provide a cover letter when submitting a manuscript in a journal for publication. Writing a clear and persuasive cover letter is very important. The cover letter is used to inform the scope, novelty, and research impact of the manuscript. Editors often view the cover letter to decide if the manuscript is suitable to the readership of the journal and can be considered for further evaluation through the peer review process. The authors are advised to carefully review the scope of the journal and the guidelines for authors on the journal&#8217;s website. An effective cover letter typically consists of the following information:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Details of the manuscript, such as the title, word length, number of tables\/figures, and type of manuscript (e.g., review or original research article)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A brief description of the work (avoid jargon and acronyms)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason(s) you are submitting to the particular journal\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Novelty and research impact of the work<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A statement mentioning that the work was carried out with integrity and followed the necessary ethical approvals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any conflicts of interests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A statement mentioning that the work has not been published or under consideration in other journals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A statement indicating that all authors have given their consent for submission in the particular journal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes authors are requested to suggest potential reviewers for the manuscript<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below are resources that can help you write an effective cover letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utpjournals.press\/doi\/abs\/10.3138\/jsp.35.2.92\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gump, S. (2004). Writing successful covering letters for unsolicited submissions to academic journals. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal of Scholarly Publishing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">35<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2), 92-102.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> DOI: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1353\/scp.2004.0007<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/9781118041673.ch22\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barry, D. (2011). Cover letter and submission form preparation. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting Published in the Life Sciences<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 293.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> DOI: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/9781118041673.ch22\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/9781118041673.ch22<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Videos:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2XcsR6LOLDM\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Chemical Society (2011). Publishing Your Research 101 &#8211; Episode 2: Writing Your Cover Letter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cYQz9pPnaXQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editage Insights (2014). What makes a great submission package?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cell Press (2018). <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sDMAZ8Wt1Mg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Publishing with Cell Press Part 1: Before Manuscript Submission<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c_0XNLx7fBc\">McKee, K.L. (2020). How to Write a Cover Letter for a Journal Paper Submission<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silvia, P. J. (2015). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write it up: Practical strategies for writing and publishing journal articles<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. American Psychological Association. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISBN: 978-1433818141. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doi\/10.1037\/14470-000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/14470-000<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0IIT Gandhinagar Library Call Number:\u00a0<span>808.02 SIL (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iitgn.ac.in\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=43976&amp;shelfbrowse_itemnumber=27137#holdings\">Browse shelf<\/a><span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APA (2020), Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISBN:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">978-1-4338-3217-8<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Websites<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apastyle.apa.org\/style-grammar-guidelines\/research-publication\/cover-letters\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APA Style (n.d.), Cover Letters, American Psychological Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/authors-editors\/authorandreviewertutorials\/submitting-to-a-journal-and-peer-review\/cover-letters\/10285574\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Springer (n.d.), Cover letters<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomprof.stanford.edu\/posting\/1566\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stanford University (n.d.), Write a Persuasive Cover Letter (for Your Research Paper Submission)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Writing Resources \/ Preparing for a Publication\u00a0\/\u00a0Cover letter for a journal manuscript submission Academic Integrity Building an Argument Critical Reading Critical Writing Figures and Tables Paragraphs\u00a0\u00a0 Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Peer-review\u00a0 Plagiarism Writing Tips and Tools Types or Styles of Writing How to evaluate online information resources Miscellaneous Dissertation\/ Thesis\u00a0 Journal Article Original (Research) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1527","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2009,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1527\/revisions\/2009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}