COVER LETTER TEMPLATE — JSEC

Date: [date]
To the Editorial Team of the Journal of Software Engineering and Computing
Subject: Submission of “[manuscript title]”

Dear Editors,

Please consider our manuscript “[title]”, by [authors], for publication in your journal.

Purpose and contribution: [Explain the research question, methods, principal findings and relevance to the journal in a short paragraph.]

Originality: [State whether the work has been published or submitted elsewhere. Disclose preprints, conference versions and related manuscripts when applicable.]

Author approval: [Confirm that all listed authors have reviewed and approved the submission.]

Ethics and permissions: [Describe applicable ethics approval, informed consent and permissions for third-party materials.]

Competing interests and funding: [Disclose relevant interests and funding, or state that none apply.]

Use of AI tools: [Describe any substantive use, when applicable, in accordance with the journal’s policies.]

Corresponding author: [name, affiliation, email, ORCID]

Sincerely,
[name]

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