This LaTeX package adds a bunch of new commands to help the writing of a response letter to journal reviews.
To use the package:
- Put the
responseletter.sty
file into the root folder of a latex project. - Add
\usepackage{responseletter}
in the preamble of the main file of the project.
\reviewer{review prologue}{thanks}
Usually the review of a reviewer starts with a prologue that summarizes the work and its main strenghts and drawbacks. After this part it is usually good practice to thank the reviewer for her/his feedbacks.
This command creates a title 'Reviewer <num>' using the \Large font size and prints review prologue in italic and thanks in red color. If thanks is empty it prints 'We thank Reviewer ...' as placeholder.
\comment{the comment}{answer}
For each comment provided by a reviewer is good norm to provide a proper answer. This command prints a title 'Comment <Reviewer num>.<Comment num>' in bold, it then prints the comment in italic and the answer in red color.
\curreviewer
This command prints the current reviewer name as 'Reviewer <num>'
The example letter depicted in the picture at the beginning of this document is generated by the following code (file template.tex
).
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{a4wide}
\usepackage{responseletter}
\begin{document}
\title{Response to the Comments of the Reviewers}
\author{Author 1, Author 2 and Author 3}
\maketitle
\noindent The comments of the reviewers have been very useful....
\reviewer{
% Review prologue
This paper presents a system for...
}{
% Thank the reviewer for her/his feedbacks
}
% Tackle each comment with an answer
\comment{
% Reviewer comment
The biggest concern I have is...
}{
% Your answer
}
\comment{Another concern that I have is... }{}
% other comments of Reviewer 1
\reviewer{The authors present an extension to... }{}
\comment{The biggest concern I have is...}{}
\comment{Another concern that I have is...}{}
% other comments and reviewers
\end{document}