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Manuscript preparation

Manuscript preparation, review, and revision guides

Use these guides to prepare the paper, cover letter, figures, reviewer-response strategy, and journal-choice reasoning before a submission or revision.

Put the guidance to work

Move from reading about preparation to preparing the paper

Use one focused resource to settle the reporting framework, work through the final package, or test a practical risk in the draft.

Find the reporting guideline Choose a framework that matches the study design before the final pass.Run the final checklist Check the manuscript, files, ethics statements, references, and submission details.Check the references Look for missing records, retractions, and signals that merit verification.

Preparation resources

Guides for getting a manuscript ready

This server-rendered index connects practical preparation, readiness, reviewer-risk, and revision resources that support journal-specific pages.

Related publishing collections

Continue through adjacent author decisions

These collection links connect submission, selection, review-time, rejection-risk, and manuscript-preparation pages without relying on the interactive blog index.