论文写作技巧系列 | 回复审稿人-答复信写作指南及模板

回复审稿意见是出版过程中的一个重要环节。答复信应包括：

a)写给期刊编辑的引言段

b)对审稿意见的逐条回复

应描述对稿件做出的主要改动，例如，对任何图表的删除。向期刊编辑说明如何发现这些改动的地方。例如，应描述“新增部分以黄色背景突出显示”。

你可以不同意审稿人的意见，但需阐明理由并提供引用作为例证。如果无法在规定的时间内修回稿件，应提前与期刊编辑沟通好。

在修改稿件时：

回复所有编辑和/或审稿人审稿人的意见
在回复中描述您对稿件所做的改动
按要求添加相应的实验或分析，如果没有添加则解释清楚理由
对于不一致的看法，应提供科学的依据礼貌地给出不同意见
审稿意见以及回复内容应加以清楚地区分

使用不同颜色的字体，粗体字或斜体

大幅修改的内容应清晰地显示

新增内容应突出显示，删除内容使用删除线 (删除内容使用删除线)

在规定的时间内返回修改好的稿件及对审稿意见的回复

[Insert Journal Editor’s name here]

Editor-in-Chief

[Insert Journal name here]

[Insert date here]

Dear Dr [Insert editor’s surname here],

Re: Manuscript reference No. [Insert tracking number or code here]

Please find attached a revised version of our manuscript “[Insert the title of your manuscript here]”, which we would like to resubmit for publication as a [Insert article type here] in [Insert Journal name here].

Your comments and those of the reviewers were highly insightful and enabled us to greatly improve the quality of our manuscript. In the following pages are our point-by-point responses to each of the comments of the reviewers as well as your own comments.

Revisions in the text are shown using yellow highlight for additions, and strikethrough font [example] for deletions. In accordance with reviewer [insert Reviewer number here]’s suggestion, we [insert changes you made according to suggestions; e.g., We removed table 1 and replaced Figure 3]. We hope that the revisions in the manuscript and our accompanying responses will be sufficient to make our manuscript suitable for publication in [Insert Journal name here].

We shall look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely,

[Insert your name, degrees and title if appropriate]

Address: [Insert]

Ph: [Insert]

Fax: [Insert]

E-mail: [Insert]

Responses to the comments of Reviewer #1