Date : 7/8/2021 7:39:26 PM
From : "shimonz"
To : "minea@mdpi.com"
Cc : "Oshrat Appel"
Subject : Re: [Materials] Manuscript ID: materials-1279078 - Similarity Report
Attachment : oxidation of HfNiSn Half-Heusler alloy -Materials after review 5.docx;


Dear Ms Diana Minea,

Please fined attached the revised version of the manuscript as requested. We did our best to reduce the similarity and I hope it is now acceptable. Nevertheless, it has to be considered that this paper is part of an on-going project together with our previous paper, the experimental procedure and analysis are very similar and it was written by the same author, so there is some similarity in phrasing and writing style.

Also, please note that in the version you sent there is a problem with the numbering of the references.  The numbers appear twice.

Sincerely yours,

Shimon




From: Diana Minea <minea@mdpi.com>
Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 12:57 PM
To: shimonz
Cc: materials@mdpi.com
Subject: [Materials] Manuscript ID: materials-1279078 - Similarity Report
 
Dear Dr. Zalkind,

Thank you very much for providing the revised version of your paper.
However, the similarity is too high (from one paper - 31%). Please
reduce it and send to us within 2 days. I have attached the similarity
report.

We are looking forward to your reply.

Have a nice day!

Kind Regards,
Ms Diana Minea
Assistant Editor, MDPI Romania
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