收到一封邀请信，作“Lead Guest Editor ”。以前没听说过这么一个期刊，pubmed 收录，但尚无影响因子，属OPEN ACCESS。欢迎大家的意见和讨论。

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Dear Dr. Wu,

We are planning to publish a number of Special Issues in our journal Autoimmune Diseases (http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ad/), and I am writing to invite you to be the Lead Guest Editor of one of these Special Issues on a topic of your choice. The topic of the Special Issue must be of high current interest, broad enough to attract a reasonable number of submissions, but at the same time narrow enough to keep a strong focus for the Special Issue.

Autoimmune Diseases is published using an open access publication model, meaning that all interested readers are able to freely access the journal online at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ad/contents/ without the need for a subscription. Moreover, all published articles will be made available on PubMed Central and indexed in PubMed at the time of publication.

As the Lead Guest Editor, your main responsibilities will be inviting

2-3 Guest Editors, writing a one-page Call-for-Papers in consultation with the other Guest Editors, assigning the incoming submitted manuscripts to yourself or the Guest Editors so they can send them for peer-review, and co-authoring an editorial with the other Guest Editors to be published as an opening to the Special Issue. Special Issues are made freely available online to all interested readers leading to the maximum possible dissemination and recognition within the scientific community.

Our staff will provide you with as much administrative and editorial assistance as possible to make sure that the whole process is as seamless and rewarding as possible for the editors, authors, and reviewers alike.

I will be happy to provide more details if you are interested in being the Lead Guest Editor for one of our upcoming Special Issues in Autoimmune Diseases.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Sara

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Sara Yousef

Special Issue Developer

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

http://www.hindawi.com/

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