Whether you’re drafting your first manuscript or have already published research, you’re likely familiar with the peer review process. Publishers rely on this essential practice—where subject-area experts review manuscripts prior to acceptance—to ensure the integrity and high quality of their academic publications.
Despite your best efforts, your publication journey may be delayed or halted during peer review. Some factors may be outside of your control, like a current lack of interest in your topic. Other issues, however, may be correctable. Scientific evaluators can help identify such issues, giving you an opportunity to address them before submission and improving your chances of editorial selection.
Start with Strong Writing
Don’t assume that scientific evaluators will “clean up” your manuscript. Before pre-publication review, your text should be free of writing errors. Professional copy-editing services can provide invaluable assistance to ensure that spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax are all beyond reproach. Even minor errors in language or formatting can distract the reader and undermine interest in your manuscript.
Invite Expert Opinions
While copy-editing polishes your manuscript for publication, it doesn’t analyze your work with a critical eye—that’s where scientific evaluation comes in. Through a professional scientific evaluation service, your manuscript will be assessed for thoroughness and relevance by two expert academic evaluators with doctorates in your research area. This pre-publication review highlights major strengths and weaknesses in your document, provides insight into the significance and interest of your work for the research community, and offers recommendations for improvement. To ensure unbiased feedback, both the author’s and evaluators’ identities are kept anonymous.
Be Open to Revisions
The review from scientific evaluators can be crucial in ensuring that your document is well-rounded, thorough, and relevant before it reaches a publisher’s reviewers. It’s nearly impossible to be completely objective about your own writing; having a second pair of expert eyes critically examine your content is invaluable. Experts in your research field are sharing their insights with you, which can enhance not only your chances of publication but also your understanding of how your work may be perceived in your academic community.
eContent Pro is Here to Help
With eContent Pro’s Scientific Editing Package, you can approach the peer review process confidently, knowing that your manuscript has been reviewed by experts in your research area who want to see you succeed. To learn more or to receive a no-obligation quote, click here.
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