Refusal+letters+on+manuscript+review+invitation

1. Dear colleagues, Thank you for your offer to review. However, I have other commitments now that prevent me from taking more work.I would suggest Terry Jorgenson or Tongyuan Zhang for the review. Thank you, XXX

2 ． Dear Editor, Thanks for your request for review. I am very interested in the subject matter, but am unable to assist with the review at this time because I already have several reviews that I need to complete. Please keep me in mind for future assistance. Listed below are some other possible reviewers. Possible reviewer one Possible reviewer two Possible reviewer three Good luck, XXX 3 ． Dear Editor,

I'm sorry for my late response. Regarding your revision inquire, unfortunately I do not believe to be sufficiently inside the paper's topics in order to accomplish an adequate revision. Anyway, I can suggest you Professor XXX XXX, an important Italian Geologist at the National Insitute for Hydrogeological Protection of the National Research Council (CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), as a potential reviewer. If you want, you can contact Professor Iovine at the following email address XXX.

Best regards XXX 4 ． Dear Editor,

Thank you very much for the invitation to review a manuscript for your journal. Unfortunately, though, I have to decline your invitation because I am too busy with other reviews at the moment. Thank you very much in advance for your understanding.

Best regards, XXX

5 ． Dear Editor, Greetings from Scotland. In regard to the manuscript you invited me to review, I'm afraid that I don't really have expertise in phytosociology to enable me to give a fair review of it. Sorry that I cannot help you this time. Best wishes XXX

6. Dear Editor,

I am very busy with several projects at the moment. I am sorry, but I will not be able to review this manuscript.

Sincerely yours,

XXX

7 ． Dear JMS,

I will not be able to review this manuscript. Thank you for considering me.

Sincerely, XXXX

8 ． Dear Editor, I am sorry. I cannot conduct this review because I am currently overloaded by other duties during the next weeks, including several pending reviews. Sincerely, XXXX

9 ． Dear Editor,

Thank you for the invitation to review the manuscript about soil temperature on the Tibetan Plateau.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but it will not be possible for me to review this manuscript. I am traveling extensively in September and October, and most of this is associated with field work. It simply would not be possible to complete a review in a reasonable time frame.

I'm sorry to have to refuse this assignment. Your request came at a very difficult time for me.

Yours sincerely,

XXX

10 ． Dear Editor,

I'm afraid I don't have the opportunity to review this at the moment, but I would suggest the following people would be possible good alternatives for you: XXX, University of XXX.

Best regards, XXX

11 ．

I am away until 16th September with only occasional email.

With best wishes

XXX

**12** Dear Editor,

Thank you for your invitation to review this manuscript.

Unfortunately on this occasion I am too busy and must herefore decline your offer.

Best wishes

XXX

13 ．

Sorry, I'll be out of office till end of Sept.

14 ． Dear Editor, Sorry, I can not accept your invitation to review. I can not share my time for research issue because my current position is administration staff.

Best wished

Respectfully yours

XXX

**16.** Thanks for the invitation. However I am not qualified in the topic. This article would be better reiewed by a soil scientist. XXX