對國外雜志投稿時如何寫email

對國外雜志投稿的時候，一般都是使用email投遞，除了正文文章作為附件發送以外，還需要寫一封信，叫cover letter，一封好的cover letter可以起到很好的作用，就好比你求職的時候的自薦信，要吸引住編輯的眼球，你就成功一半了。國外雜志編輯的權利很大，基本決定你的生死。

cover letter的內容主要需要想編輯詳細的介紹你的文章的主要內容，突出文章的創新性，價值，還有你為什么要發表這篇文章，還可以簡要指出目前該領域的發展方向，最好你的文章就是朝向這個方向的。其他就是常規要求了，用語恰當，格式規范等。

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