How to get articles published in peer-reviewed journals: Avoiding the mistakes that editors and reviewers will criticize.

1. Write for the journal to which you are submitting the manuscript
Different journals will have different rules and instructions for authors.  These rules are specific to each journal, so you should pay special attention.  Often times, incorrect formatting will result in the immediate rejection or return of a scientific manuscript by an editor and journal.  In order to maintain internal consistency in the scientific journals, these instructions often include strict requirements for 1) Section formatting 2) In-text citation and bibliography 3) Page and word length 4) Font type 5) Line numbering 6) Blinding procedures.  For most of the American and European journals, there is a link to the "Instructions for Authors" right on the main page.  Our services will make sure that your paper is correctly formatted for the journal to which you are submitting.  If there are extensive changes - we will provide you with the direct link and a copy of the instructions for authors from the specific journal to which you plan to submit the article.

2. Use proper grammar
This is where our services come into play.  While you may have terrific data, exceptional results and the perfect graphs, this may all be lost if you use improper words and grammar.  Clear and concise writing is essential to convey your findings.  Reviewers confronted with a confusing article will often become frustrated and are more likely to give a lower review of the work.  Scientific Editing Service will make sure that the word use and grammar in your article are perfect.  If there is any uncertainty in the points that you are trying to make, we will help to improve your writing so your point is clear and you get the best review possible.

3. Use correct organization
It is important that each section of your manuscript contain the information that should be in that specific section.  Your introduction section should contain several important points, particularly 1) The rationale for carrying out the work 2) Background work that supports your rationale 3) The purpose of the work and your stated hypothesis.  In the methods you should only contain information pertaining to the tests that you collected and background literature that further describes your techniques.  You should not provide extensive rationale for your methods here, that information should be contained in other sections.  The results should contain just that - results.  It should be objective and not biased.  The discussion section should explain your findings and the importance of your findings, it should not be a reiteration of your results.  Do not bring up any findings that you did not explain in your methods and results section.  Some journals will have different requirements for each section or even have specific names that you should call each section.  As above - be sure to read the instructions to authors section for the journal to which you are going to submit the article.  This will ensure better reviews and a higher percentage of accepted papers and abstracts.