Letters to the Editor
Step-by-Step Workflow
- Manuscript Assignment
- Initial Evaluation
- Finding & Assigning Reviewers
- Decisions
- Letters to the Editor
- Appeals
When an author submits a comment letter to the journal, the manuscript is assigned to the Editor of the original article.
If you decide to accept the letter, take the following steps:
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Open a consultation session with the Editor in Chief and ask for approval.
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Upon EIC approval, select the “Accept Comment Letter” decision letter template.
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ASM Staff are copied on the decision letter and then commission the Reply from the corresponding author of the original publication.
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The Reply will be assigned to the Editor by ASM Staff (separate manuscript number from that of the Comment Letter but linked to the Comment Letter).
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If the decision is to accept, request EIC approval of the Reply by opening a consultation session.
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Upon EIC approval, accept the Reply
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ASM Staff process both the Comment Letter and the Reply for publication.