SCI论文返修cover letter应该怎么写

　　SCI论文返修时，cover letter的写作是至关重要的，综合来看，cover letter写作逻辑主要有两点：(1)是表示对编辑和审稿人的感谢;(2)是表明已经根据外审意见进行点对点逐条修改，在写作时也是有对应模版可以参考的。

　　大部分期刊进行返修时，cover letter与response to reviewers是分开的，可以参考如下的写作模版：

　　模版一、[Feb 8, 2025]

　　Dear Dr. Chigbu:

　　Thank you for giving us the opportunity to submit a revised draft of the manuscript "Dynamic Impacts of Urban Expansion on Vegetation Growth in Urban Environments: A Sustainable Land Management Framework (manuscript ID: XXX)" for publication in Land Use Policy. We appreciate the time and effort that you and the reviewers dedicated to providing feedback on our manuscript and are grateful for the insightful comments and valuable suggestions to improve our paper. We have incorporated all comments made by the reviewers. Other changes are highlighted in the manuscript. Please see below, in red or blue, for a point-by-point response to the reviewers' comments and concerns. All page numbers refer to the revised manuscript file with tracked changes.

　　We hope that the changes we've made resolve all your concerns about the article. I am more than happy to make any further changes that will improve the paper and/or facilitate successful publication.

　　Thank you and best regards.

　　Yours sincerely,

　　Liu Liu

　　Wuhan University

　　School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China

　　Tel: 86+XXX-XXXX-XXXX

　　E-mail: liuliu@whu.edu.cn 更多相关知识阅读：论文cover letter通用模板

　　模版二、Responses to reviewers' comments

　　Dear reviewers:

　　Thank you very much for your comments and professional advice. These opinions help to improve the academic rigor of our article. Based on your suggestions and requests, we have made the corresponding modifications to the revised manuscript. We hope our work can be further improved with your feedback. Furthermore, we would like to show the details as follows:

　　Responses to comments from Reviewer 1:

　　Q1: There are very long sentences.

　　A: Thank you for your feedback. We have broken them down into shorter and more concise statements to improve clarity and readability in the article. Please see the revised manuscript.

　　Q2: Using personal pronouns in the article is not suitable for academic writing. There are quite a lot of them in the article. These should definitely be corrected.

　　A: Thank you for pointing this out. We understand your point about the use of personal pronouns in academic writing, and we agree that maintaining an objective tone is crucial. We have corrected the personal pronouns in the article. Please see the revised manuscript.

　　Q3: There are also other errors in English. An example in this context is attached (summary and conclusion only). Translated with DeepL.com (free version).

　　A: Thank you for your valuable feedback and examples. We have revised the language in-depth to improve the clarity and accuracy of the article by using DeepL.com. Meanwhile, we also invited a native English speaker to help us polish the language of the article. Please see the revised manuscript.

　　Responses to comments from Reviewer 2

　　Q1: Title: the title, "Dynamic Impacts of Urban Expansion on Vegetation Growth in Urban Environments: A Sustainable Management Framework" is a little confusing. Do the authors mean "sustainable land management" (this is a land management journal and not a management journal (there is a difference). Perhaps the authors could stick to a title such as "Dynamic Impacts of Urban Expansion on Vegetation Growth in Urban Environments: A Sustainability Framework" or "Dynamic Impacts of Urban Expansion on Vegetation Growth in Urban Environments: A Sustainable Land Management Framework" or "Dynamic Impacts of Urban Expansion on Vegetation Growth in Urban Environments: A Sustainable Development Framework." These all would align with the scope of this journal better than the present title. Whichever title the authors go for, they MUST address that term (by way of definition) in the manuscript for better comprehension - otherwise, the framework would lack context and meaning.

　　A: Thank you for your advice. Indeed, what we wanted to express is a land management framework. On the one hand, the impervious surfaces caused by urban expansion lead to the replacement of numerous natural lands, which directly leads to the sharp loss of vegetation growth. On the other hand, climate change and other human activities caused by urban expansion may also weaken or enhance vegetation growth on the natural lands. Thus, the competition between.

　　需要注意的是，有的期刊是要求cover letter和reaponse to reviewers是合并在一起的，可以参考如下写作模版：

　　模版一、[Feb 8, 2025]

　　Dear Editors and Reviewers:

　　Thank you for giving us the opportunity to submit a revised draft of the manuscript "Dynamic Impacts of Urban Expansion on Vegetation Growth in Urban Environments: A Sustainable Land Management Framework (manuscript: XXX)" for publication in Land Use Policy. We appreciate the time and effort that you and the reviewers dedicated to providing feedback on our manuscript and grateful for insightful comments and valuable improvements to our paper. We have incorporated these comments made by reviews. Other changes are highlighted in the manuscript. Please see below, in red or blue, for a point-by-point response to the reviewers’ comments and concerns. All page numbers refer to the revised manuscript file with tracked changes. Furthermore, we would like to show the details as follows:

　　Responses to comments from Reviewer 1:

　　Q1: There are very long sentences.

　　A: Thank you for your feedback. We have breaking them down into shorter and more concise statements to improve clarity and readability in the article. Please see the revised manuscript.

　　Q2: Using personal pronouns in the article is not suitable for academic writing. There are quite a lot of them in the article. These should definitely be corrected.

　　A: Thank you for pointing out this. We understand your point about the use of personal pronouns in academic writing, and we agree that maintaining an objective tone is crucial. We have corrected the personal pronouns in the article. Please see the revised manuscript.

　　Q3: There are also other errors in English. An example in this context is attached (summary and conclusion only). Translated with DeepL.com (free version).

　　A: Thank you for valuable feedback and examples. We have revised the language in-depth to improve the clarity and accuracy of the article by using DeepL.com. Meanwhile, we also invited a native English speaker to help us improve the language of the article. Please see the revised manuscript.

　　模版二、

　　Q1: Title: the title, "Dynamic Impacts of Urban Expansion on Vegetation Growth in Urban Environments: A Sustainable Management Framework" is a little confusing. Do the authors mean "sustainable land management" (this is a land management journal and not a management journal (there is a difference). Perhaps the authors could stick to a title such as "Dynamic Impacts of Urban Expansion on Vegetation Growth in Urban Environments: A sustainability Framework" or "Dynamic Impacts of Urban Expansion on Vegetation Growth in Urban Environments: A Sustainable land Management Framework" or "Dynamic Impacts of Urban Expansion on Vegetation Growth in Urban Environments: A Sustainable development Framework." These all would align with the scope of this journal better than the present title. Which ever title the authors go or, they MUST address that term (by way of definition) in the manuscript for better comprehension - otherwise, the framework would lack context a meaning.

　　A: Thank you for your advice. Indeed, what we wanted to express is a land management framework. On the one hand, the impervious surfaces caused by urban expansion lead to the replacement of numerous natural lands, which directly leads to the sharp loss of vegetation growth. On the other hand, climate change and other human activities caused by urban expansion may also weaken or enhance vegetation growth on the natural lands. Thus, the competition between urban expansion and vegetation growth for land is essentially the competition between impervious surfaces and vegetated surfaces for land. This is also the underlying logic of the 3D conceptual framework for explaining the dynamic impacts of urban expansion on vegetation growth in urban environment. We believe that by rationally reducing negative direct impacts and enhancing positive indirect impacts of urban expansion on vegetation growth, natural land can be preserved and restored as much as possible in limited urban space. Specific sustainable land management framework is also provided in the article. Thus, we changed our title to "Dynamic Impacts of Urban Expansion on Vegetation Growth in Urban Environments: A Sustainable Land Management Framework" in the revised manuscript. The corresponding definitions have also been explained in the Introduction and Methods. Please see the title in the revised manuscript.

　　We hope that the changes we’ve made resolve all your concerns about the article. I’m more than happy to make any further changes that will improve the paper and/or facilitate successful publication.

　　Thank you and best regards.

　　Yours sincerely,

　　最后提醒各位学者：返修的时间大家也不要着急，不要急于返回，一般在规定的时间前一周内提交比较合适，如果特别着急，也不建议昨日返修，今日提交，最好是缓个三四天，表明确实经过深入的思考，如果急于返修，会给编辑和外审专家留下没有认真修改的印象，作者返修也要提前做准备。