首先,还是重申下ResponseLetter回复的几个基本原则:
回复审稿人意见时,要把握的几个基本原则是:
1)态度和善,措辞诚恳,不要激怒审稿人;
2)回答问题时,层次要分明,抓住审稿人问题的重点,直面审稿人的问题,不要妄想着绕圈圈搪塞过去;
3)回答问题不是光嘴上说说就好,要有理有据,需要补充实验的,要用实验结果来说明,需要引用文献的,找到合适的文献进行阐述;
5)审稿人的意见并不总是对的,所以不要别人说啥就是啥,科学原则不能违背。如果审稿人的意见有误,应该委婉地利用充实的证据来坚持自己的观点,请不要使用过激的语言。
重点推荐下面这种格式:
Generalresponse:Wesincerelythanktheeditorandallreviewersfortheirvaluablefeedbackthatwehaveusedtoimprovethequalityofourmanuscript.Thereviewercommentsarelaidoutbelowinitalicizedfontandspecificconcernshavebeennumbered.Ourresponseisgiveninnormalfontandchanges/additionstothemanuscriptaregiveninbluetext.
2)Point-to-pointresponse:将审稿人的意见(斜体)一条条编号,然后逐一回复(正常的字体),回复时,以Authorreply或者response等字眼开头:
这里举一个例子(论文:Chem.Mater.2015,27,8011-8020)
1.TheauthorssuggestthatabimetallicAu-Feoxide/hydroxideformsattheelectrodeinterfaceleadingtoenhancedOERactivity.Characterizationofthebimetallicsystemwouldaddstrengthtothisargument.
Response:Weagreethatmorestudywouldbeusefultounderstanddetailsofinteractionandenhancement.Atthispointwedonothavethenecessarytool-settostudythestructure/interactionintheproposedamorphousbimetallic(hydrated)oxide.Wehope,inthefuture,toemploysynchrotronX-raytechniquestodeterminethelocalcoordinationofFeintheputativemixedAu-Feoxidephase.ThisstudyisbeyondthescopeofthisreportwhichfocusesonansweringcriticalquestionsregardingtheactivityoftheFeOOHphaseitself.WenotealsothatsincesubmissionofourmanuscripttherehasbeenapublicationbyAlexBellandMartinHead-GordonatBerkeleyshowingthatFeonAu2O3hasenhancedOERactivitywithDFTcalculations(Ref.79).Wehaveaddedthiscitationandreferencetothemanuscript.
Weaddedtopage25-26:
WealsonotethatthisdataisconsistentwiththeexperimentsanddensityfunctionaltheorycalculationsbyKlauset.al.(publishedduringthereviewprocessofthismanuscript)thatshowFecationsonthesurfaceofAu2O3haveenhancedOERactivityrelativetoFeOOH.79
重点:审稿人要求补充实验,但客观条件上不允许怎么办?
A.首先,应该对审稿人的意见表示赞同:Weagreethatmorestudywouldbeusefultounderstanddetailsofinteractionandenhancement.
D.实验上暂时无法提供数据来回答审稿人的问题,就一定需要从文献中找到依据来说明:
WenotealsothatsincesubmissionofourmanuscripttherehasbeenapublicationbyAlexBellandMartinHead-GordonatBerkeleyshowingthatFeonAu2O3hasenhancedOERactivitywithDFTcalculations(Ref.79).
最后,对我的导师ShannonBoettcher教授和范杰教授致敬,谢谢他们!
温馨提示:后期将会对ResponseLetter里面常用到的一些精彩句型进行归纳总结,敬请期待!