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typing manuscripts so full of typing errors that sometimes even the author's name is misspelled. Recently, a manuscript was submitted by an author who was too busy to proofread not only the final typing of the manuscript but also the cover letter. His letter read: "I hope you will find this manuscript exceptable." We did.
Second, ask one or more of your colleagues to read your manuscript before you submit it to a journal. It may well be that the meaning of one or more parts of your paper is completely unclear to your colleague. Of course, this may be because your colleague is dense, but it is just possible that this portion of your manuscript is not as clear as it could be. You might also ask a scientist working in a different field to read your paper and to point out words and phrases he or she doesn't understand. This is perhaps the easiest way to identify the jargon that may be present in your manuscript. In addition, ask someone whose knowledge of English is reasonably expert to read the manuscript. In short, the ideal in-house "peer review" of your manuscript would include review by (1) a scientist working in your field, (2) a scientist working in an unrelated field, and (3) a person highly competent in English. Careful management of this presubmission process is likely to improve the chances of acceptance by the journal.
Expect to sweat a bit, if you haven't already done so. As the Instructions to Authors of the Journal of General Microbiology once put it, "Easy reading is curst hard writing." 

 



How To Write & Publish a Scientific Paper
How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper
ISBN: 0313330409
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 1998
Pages: 46

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