i have submitted paper to one of PubMed indexed journal. after submission they sent me email saying 'Remove the authors signature from the main text and take it to the cover letter'. however, there is no any signature in the main text. so what is authors signature?
Most likely, they mean the information leading to the identification of the author. This can be your name, someone else's name in the acknowledgement, or the properties of the MS Word file (clear those as well). Just check the manuscript to make sure the the reviewers cannot possibly id you or your institution.
A dated signature is nearly always considered a good thing, especially if the date of signing is close to the date of the publication. Mohamed Hayir Tahlil Mohamud
Author signature is on the covering letter not in the text. It is just procedure not to put a signature on the paper ,
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