Email Templates for Scientific Editors


1. Editor Decisions (Scientific Editor to Author)

Decision for Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (revision required)
Decision for Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Declined)
Your article accepted for Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Accepted)
2. Article Review Request (Scientific Editor to Referee)

Article Review invitation (first round review)
Article Review invitation (second round review or more)


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Subject: MS {$articleId}: Decision for Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (revision required)

Ref: RAA/MS {$articleId}/{$Section}

Dear Dr. {$authorName},

Title: {$articleTitle}
Author(s):
{$articleAuthors}

Please find the referees report on your submission to Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, listed above. When you resubmit the manuscript, please include a detailed cover letter containing the (mandatory) listing of the changes you have made to the text and our responses to the report.

If the referees report is not enclosed in this email, you can find the referee report and submit your revised version on the website of Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics located at http://raa.raa-journal.org.

Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics has adopted a policy that manuscript files become inactive, and are considered to have been withdrawn, six months after the most recent referees report goes to the authors, provided that a revised version has not been received since then.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

{$editorialContactSignature}
Scientific Editor
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Subject: MS {$articleId}: Decision for Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Unsuitable Submission)

Ref: RAA/MS {$articleId}/{$Section}

Dear Dr. {$authorName},

Title: {$articleTitle}
Author(s):
{$articleAuthors}

An initial review of the submission listed above has made it clear that this submission does not fit within the scope and focus of Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. I recommend that you consult the description of this journal under About, as well as its current contents, to learn more about the work that we publish. You might also consider submitting this manuscript to another, more suitable journal.

Sincerely,

{$editorialContactSignature}
Scientific Editor
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics


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Subject: MS {$articleId}: Decision for publication Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Decline Submission)

Ref: RAA/MS {$articleId}/{$Section}

Dear Dr. {$authorName},

MS #:
{$articleId}
Title: {$articleTitle}
Author(s):
{$articleAuthors}

We have now received the referee's report on your submission to The Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics listed above. Unfortunately the report is negative.

As evidenced by that, the analysis presented in the paper appears to be affected by problems and inconsistencies, such that it is far from matching the
RAA standard. Unless there is some basic misunderstanding in the referee's assessment of your work, I suggest that you withdraw your manuscript.

Should you resubmit the manuscript, please include a detailed cover letter containing the (mandatory) listing of the changes you've made to the text and your responses to the report. You can find the (edited) referee's report and submit your revised version on
our web peer-review system locate at http://raa.raa-journal.org.

The Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics has adopted a policy that manuscript files become inactive, and are considered to have been withdrawn, six months after the most recent referee's report goes to the authors, provided a revised version has not been received since then.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.


{$editorialContactSignature}
Scientific Editor
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics


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Subject: MS {$articleId}: Your article has been accepted for Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Ref: RAA/MS {$articleId}/{$Section}

{$date}

Dear Dr. {$authorName},

Title: {$articleTitle}
Author(s):
{$articleAuthors}

We are pleased to inform you that the above article has been accepted for publication in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Correspondence concerning the logistical aspects of publishing this manuscript should be directed to raa@raa-journal.org. If you have any additional questions concerning the scientific content of your manuscript, please direct them to me.

RAA now maintains a faster production schedule than before, and your cooperation will help to expedite the publication of your paper.  If you are able to quickly respond to queries and send in proof corrections for your paper, it may enable us to accelerate the publication schedule for your paper.

The proof of your paper will be sent to you within 10-14 weeks, and your paper will be published within 5-7 weeks after you receive your proof. Please return proof corrections as soon as possible to expedite publication of your paper. If you will not be using your present email address during the production period, please provide us with a forwarding address, or arrange for someone else to check the proofs during your absence.

Authors are encouraged to submit their papers to astro-ph (http://lanl.arxiv.org/) to receive further attention.

Congratulations on the acceptance of your paper.  I look forward to reading it in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics!


Sincerely,

{$editorialContactSignature}
Scientific Editor
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Subject: MS {$articleId}: Article Review invitation

Ref: RAA/MS {$articleId}/{$Section}

Dear Dr. {$reviewerName},

Title: {$articleTitle}
Author(s):
{$articleAuthors}

This paper has been submitted for consideration in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA), and as an expert in the field, we would be very grateful if you could referee it for us. The submission's abstract is inserted below.

You can download a PDF file of the paper from our online refereeing system, which is located at http://raa.raa-journal.org.
Your username is:  

If, however, you would prefer to have the PDF or a postscript file emailed to you, or a paper copy sent, please let us know.

Please let us know now if you will be able to report on this article by going to our journal web site, clicking on this article and choosing the Will do the Review option. You can also decline to report, request a deadline extension or delegate the task by using the other options available.

Please send me your comments and recommendation by {$reviewDueDate}.

An introductory guide to reviewers using the web peer review can be found at http://www.raa-journal.org/docs/guidelines/

If you do not have your username and password for the journal's web site, you can use this link to reset your password (which will then be emailed to you along with your username). {$passwordResetUrl}.  If you have trouble doing that, please contact the RAA Editorial Office by sending an email to raa@raa-journal.org or call 86-10-64859720.

If for some reason you are unable to review the paper, or if you do not believe that you can provide a report within 4 weeks of receipt of the manuscript, we would very much appreciate your suggestions for other reviewers.

Thank you for your consideration of this request. I fully appreciate what a burden these tasks represent, but the quality of RAA rests on the contributions of experts such as yourself, and I hope that you can find the time to help with this important task.

Sincerely,

{$editorialContactSignature}
Scientific Editor

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Subject: MS {$articleId}: Article Review invitation (second round review or more)

Ref: RAA/MS {$articleId}/{$Section}

Dr.
{$reviewerName}
mailing address

Dear Dr. {$reviewerName},

Title: {$articleTitle}
Author(s):
{$articleAuthors}

You kindly reviewed the above manuscript for us. The authors have revised their manuscript in ways explained in their reply that could be obtained by login to our web system (http://www.raa-journal.org).
 Please kindly review the paper again. We are hoping to have this review by {$reviewDueDate} and would be pleased to receive it as soon as you are able to prepare it. Thank you very much for your consideration.

This paper is available to you from our web site by
clicking on this article and choosing the Will do the Review option.

Sincerely,

{$editoralContactSignature}
Scientific Editor
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics


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