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Step‑by‑step routine to self‑audit your manuscript before formal submission
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Self‑auditing your own paper is hard because you become blind to your own errors. Having a structured checklist‑driven workflow can catch many flaws before sending to journals. What items always appear in your pre‑submission self‑audit checklist?
Alexander Baker, Adam Evans and 12 others5 Comments-
Double‑check consistency of terminology across every section of the manuscript.
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Verify that every citation inside text exists in your reference list.
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Confirm all figure captions contain essential information to interpret plots standalone.
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Read through rebuttal‑relevant sections imagining you are a critical reviewer.
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Check journal author guidelines one final time for formatting constraints.
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