From: clinchemed@clinchem.aacc.org
Subject: Clinical Chemistry -- Manuscript. Decision Cc:
RE: Clinical Chemistry MS ID# CLINCHEM/2002/036332
TITLE:
Dear Dr. xxx:
Your manuscript. has been examined by two expert reviewers. Please visit http://submit.clinchem.org to view their comments. For the reasons detailed in these comments, we cannot accept this manuscript. for publication in Clinical Chemistry in this form. Also, your Reference 28 is not formatted properly. Our Information for Authors will offer assistance with journal style; it can be found athttp://www.aacc.org/ccj/infoauth.stmWe would consider a revised version that takes these criticisms into account. If you should resubmit the paper I would also ask that you have several English speaking colleagues proof the paper for grammar and composition. Additionally, be sure to provide a detailed point-by-point response to the comments of the reviewers. Failure to do so will delay consideration of the revised manuscript.Prior to publication we require copyright releases signed by all authors. Our Authors Assurances and Assignment of Copyright form. can be downloaded from http://www.aacc.org/ccj/auth_assure02.pdf. Please note that all authors must sign both sections of the form. (a signature on the lower section means that all conflicts of interest have been disclosed even if there are none). Send the completed form. to us by FAX (434-979-7599).
Sincerely,
Dr. xxx nesley
Associate Editor
P.S. You will find your revised manuscript. can be uploaded in your \a Revision\queue at http://submit.clinchem.org. Please do not begin the submission of your revised manuscript. until you are ready to submit the entire manuscript. A checklist regarding requirements for submission can be found athttp://www.aacc.org/ccj/manuscript_check02.pdf. Figures must be uploaded as Image Files in .tif or .eps files at 600 DPI. Alternatively, you may use PowerPoint software for figures but fonts must be embedded and only one image per slide, one slide per file. When uploading the revised version, please be sure to include in the \to Reviews\
response to each of the reviewers?
suggestions.
P.P.S. Please note that if your manuscript. has color figures, the authors are expected to bear the cost of printing them, except in the case of invited papers. The charges for these figures are $1500 for the first color figure or part of a figure, and $500 for each additional color figure or part of a figure. Authors will be billed for color publication costs unless they request that their figures be printed in black and white.
该杂志一般为2个审稿人，审稿过程也较严格，都是本领域的大牛。后来我还有幸在一次会议上认识到一个当年的审稿人，但不知道是1还是2，呵呵！一般总是先鼓励一段话，不写了。。。
下面问题就来了，共12个，有些很好回答，一句话就可以解释清楚，有些就比较麻烦。还是举例说明把
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1）实验的有效性和深度（at least for a few substances of major importance
detection limits, cut-off values and specificity should have been
studied. Also the description of the assay principle is not quite
clear）
没办法，只有一条路，补充相关实验，然后再投。
2）语言问题（The English text would have to be substantially improved）
虽然这是一个美国杂志，但对语言的要求一点都不弱，投之前还是忽略了，没办法，慢慢修改。
3）核心的技术问题（A cut-off value is given for MOL but the dimension is missing. In the discussion various anecdotic reports are given for which no data are presented under results.） 重新验证讨论。 本来认为很快就可以接受了，没想到却又等了一个半月（中间发过一次信件询问）才收到回信。原来除了上次2个评委，这次又增加了一个独立审稿人。。。
原文如下：
Your revised manuscript. has been examined by the original two reviewers, plus a recommended third reviewer with special expertise in this area. Please visit http://submit.clinchem.org to retrieve their comments. The three reviewers find merit in the work, but have numerous constructive suggestions（别害怕，其实就是几个小问题）. Please consider these suggestions carefully and prepare an improved version that addresses these concerns. I have also noted that there are several color figures included in the paper, which seem to be useful only in color. Please be aware that (should your paper be accepted for publication) authors are expected to pay the costs for publication of color figures. The charge for the first color figure is $1500; subsequent figures, or parts of figures, are $500 each. Of course, if you wish to submit alternate figures in black and white (or grayscale), you may do so.
Sincerely, Dr. xxx
Associate Editor P.S. You will find your revised manuscript. can be uploaded in your \a Revision\queue at http://submit.clinchem.org. A checklist of requirements for submission can be found at http://www.aacc.org/ccj/manuscript_check02.pdf. When uploading the revised version, please be sure to include in the \point-by-point list of all changes made, or your rebuttal, in response to each of the reviewer suggestions. Also, please submit copyright releases for all authors. Our Authors' Assurances and Assignment of Copyright form. can be downloaded from http://www.aacc.org/ccj/auth_assure02.pdf. Please note that all authors must sign both sections of the form. Send the completed form. to us by FAX (434-979-7599).P.P.S. For figures, please submit .tif files that have a minimum resolution of 600 DPI; the width and height of the Pixels should be about 4200 x 4200. Alternatively, you may use PowerPoint for figures, but each .ppt file may contain only one slide and fonts must be embedded.
总之一句话，还是需要再次修改。
又等了接近1个月时间，幸亏不是学生赶毕业，最终被接收了。
Thank you for your revised manuscript. It is acceptable and will be processed for publication. Please note that I edited the paper to remove all text related to Figure 6. The structures of the drugs are available to anyone who wants to look them up. Thus this figure will not be in the proofs that you receive.
如果proof快的话，这个杂志一般会安排在2-3个月后发表。
If page proofs are returned promptly, your paper is scheduled to appear in the Oct
issue.之前电子版会先在网上发布Papers in press are posted online 2-6 weeks before the issue date. Issues are scheduled to be mailed to subscribers and appear on the Internet before the first day of the issue month. The electronic version (http://www.clinchem.org) is published at Stanford University's HighWire Press, where your article will be linked electronically to and from PubMed and directly to and from over 340 other journals that are on-line at Stanford.当然还要转移版权Prior to publication we require copyright releases signed by all authors. Our Authors Assurances and Assignment of Copyright form. can be downloaded from http://www.aacc.org/ccj/auth_assure02.pdf. Please note that all authors must sign both sections of the form. (a signature on the lower section means that all conflicts of interest have been disclosed even if there are none).
Thank you for this contribution.
Sincerely,
Dr. xx
Associate Editor