For Journals & Publishers

Pre-submission scientific
review that improves
manuscript readiness.

Manusights provides pre-submission scientific feedback through a network of 35 active peer reviewers who regularly review for Cell, Nature, Science, NEJM, and The Lancet. Authors who use the service arrive at your journal with stronger manuscripts and fewer preventable weaknesses.

Read a sample reportHow partnership works
35+
Active peer reviewers
50+
Manuscripts per month
8
Biomedical fields
CellNatureScienceNEJMLancet
Reviewer network
Erik Jia

"I spent years watching researchers submit manuscripts that weren't ready, to journals that weren't right, and get desk-rejected in 48 hours without understanding why. The feedback loop between researchers and peer reviewers is broken. Manusights exists to fix it upstream, before it costs authors months of wasted revision cycles. We provide journal-fit guidance in every report, and journals that list us as a recommended resource are the ones we point authors toward."

Erik JiaFounder, Manusights
What makes us different

This isn't an editing service.

Every manuscript service that's emailed you this year offers some version of language editing or formatting. Manusights does neither. What we do is closer to informal peer review. A domain scientist evaluates whether the science holds up before the author submits to anyone.

Not what we do
English language editing
Formatting & typesetting
Plagiarism detection
Journal template conversion
Citation formatting
Statistical editing
What we actually do
Scientific argument evaluation
Methods rigor assessment
Journal fit analysis
Pre-submission peer review
Revision-ready written report
Domain expert feedback
Editorial independence

What Manusights does not do.

Pre-submission feedback is only useful if it doesn't compromise what happens after submission. These commitments are non-negotiable.

We never influence editorial decisions

Our feedback goes to the author, not the editor. Your review process stays independent.

We never guarantee acceptance

We help authors strengthen their manuscripts. What happens after submission is entirely up to your editorial team.

We never submit on behalf of authors

Authors make their own submission decisions. We provide guidance, not gatekeeping.

We never share manuscript data without consent

Manuscripts are encrypted in transit and deleted after analysis. We don't retain or share author work.

What the data shows

What we catch before submission.

Across all manuscripts analyzed, here's what our diagnostic consistently finds.

68%

of reports recommend major revision before submitting to the author's target journal

4.2

average number of critical issues flagged per manuscript, from methodology gaps to missing citations

Top 3

desk-reject risks caught: insufficient novelty framing, missing key citations, and underpowered statistics

Based on internal analysis of Manusights diagnostic reports. Updated periodically.

Two products, different purposes

AI triage, then scientist-led review.

AI Diagnostic (free)

Automated triage in 30 minutes

Searches 500M+ live papers, verifies every citation against CrossRef and PubMed, reads the full manuscript including figures, and scores against the target journal's standards. Catches preventable issues before they reach an editor's desk.

Expert Review ($1,000+)

Scientist-led evaluation in 3-7 days

A domain scientist who actively reviews for journals in your field reads the full paper and writes 12-18 specific revision recommendations. This is the basis for referral-quality decisions: when an expert reviewer says a manuscript is ready for your journal, that assessment carries weight.

The network

35 active peer reviewers.
The journals they review for:

These aren't editors or language specialists. They're domain scientists with active review assignments at the journals below, evaluating manuscripts using the same standards they'd apply to yours.

Cell
Nature
Science
NEJM
The Lancet
Nature Medicine
JAMA
Nature Biotechnology
Reviewer affiliations
Harvard Medical School
Stanford School of Medicine
MIT
Johns Hopkins
UCSF
University of Cambridge
Karolinska Institutet
Max Planck Institute
Fields covered
OncologyImmunologyCardiologyNeuroscienceMetabolismInfectious DiseaseMolecular BiologyCell Biology
The referral pipeline is active now

Researchers in your field are submitting manuscripts this month.

Manusights reviews 50+ manuscripts per month across oncology, immunology, cardiology, neuroscience, metabolism, infectious disease, molecular biology, and cell biology. Every report includes journal-fit guidance based on the manuscript's scope and readiness. When authors are ready to submit, we help them identify journals where their work is a strong fit.

50+manuscripts/month
8fields active
18+countries represented
What you get

What this means for your journal

Listing Manusights as a recommended resource isn't a favor. Here's the concrete value.

Manuscripts that have already passed a scientific bar
When an author goes through Manusights, their paper has been evaluated by someone operating at the level of your own peer reviewers, against the specific standards of their target journal.
Authors who aren't ready don't reach your inbox
We tell authors when a manuscript isn't submission-ready. They revise and come back before submitting anywhere. That's a real upstream filter your editorial team doesn't have to run.
Active referrals from our review process
Journal fit is part of every evaluation. When a manuscript belongs in your journal and the author is ready to submit, we tell them exactly where to send it.
Author goodwill with no overhead
Journals that recommend genuinely useful resources build real loyalty with their author community. Being listed costs you nothing and signals that you take author development seriously.
The process

What happens before manuscripts reach you

01
Author names the target journal
Every report is calibrated to the specific journal: its scope, standards, and what it takes to get past desk review there.
02
Domain expert reads the manuscript
A reviewer in the author's field evaluates the scientific argument, methods rigor, and journal fit. The same lens they use for their own assigned peer review.
03
Written report delivered
8-12 pages of specific written feedback with verified citations from recent literature. Every reference is checked against CrossRef and PubMed before delivery. Not a score. Real critique, before they submit anywhere.
04
Author fixes it, then submits to you
They've already addressed what would have gotten them desk-rejected. When they reach your inbox, the manuscript is ready.
See the product

Read a sample report.

The fastest way to decide whether Manusights is worth recommending to your authors is to see what they actually receive. No login. No form. Compare it to anything else that calls itself a manuscript review service.

Sample document
Manusights Diagnostic Report
A real pre-submission evaluation for a biomedical manuscript targeting a mid-tier journal. Includes scientific assessment, methods critique, journal fit analysis, and specific revision recommendations. Every citation verified against CrossRef and PubMed. No hallucinated references. Typically 8-12 pages.
Scientific argumentMethods rigorJournal fitRevision notes
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Partnership terms

No fee. No contract. No exclusivity.

Listing Manusights costs your journal nothing. There's no agreement to sign, no exclusivity requirement, and no obligation beyond adding a line to your Author Resources page. Remove it whenever you want.

Free to list
No contract
No exclusivity
Remove anytime
Ready to list us? Copy and paste this.
Manusights (manusights.com): Pre-submission peer review by 35 expert reviewers from Cell, Nature, and Science-level institutions. Authors receive written scientific feedback on argument, methods rigor, and journal fit before they submit.

Drop this anywhere on your Author Resources or For Authors page. That's all it takes.

Common questions

Questions we get from editorial teams

Do authors pay for this?
Yes. Authors pay Manusights directly: free for an AI diagnostic or more for a full expert review. There's no cost to your journal at any point.
How do I actually list Manusights?
Add the one-liner in the section above to your Author Resources or For Authors page. That's it. No integration, no approval process, no back-and-forth.
Do you cover my journal's field?
We cover oncology, immunology, cardiology, neuroscience, metabolism, infectious disease, molecular biology, and cell biology. If your journal is in one of these fields, your authors are exactly who we work with.
Do you have existing journal partners?
We're building the partner network now. Journals that list us as a resource are included in the journal-fit guidance we give authors. There's no cost, no exclusivity, and no obligation.
What if I just want to evaluate first?
Download the sample report above. Read it. If you think your authors would find that level of feedback useful, that's your answer. No commitment required to look.

Interested in working together?

If you got here from an email, just reply to it. That's enough.

Or reach Erik directly:

erik@manusights.com

No form. No scheduling tool. One business day.