Check academic manuscripts, instantly
Integrates with publishing platforms
Transparent results
Comprehensive, configurable checks
Simple, affordable pricing
Integrates with publishing platforms
Transparent results
Comprehensive, configurable checks
Simple, affordable pricing
Enable automated checks within your manuscript handling software.
Speed up publication by helping editors make decisions.
Delight authors by giving them immediate, helpful feedback.
See top level results within your publishing software or a full, annotated and interactive report.
Available to journals using Manuscript Manager. If your journal uses Editorial Manager or ScholarOne you can join our waiting list.
Decide which of our 30+ checks to run, which are critical, and customise the feedback given to editors and authors on a journal-by-journal basis.
Checks are linked to the relevant marked-up sections of text, so users can see how the result was reached. A description of each check is below, or you can view our developer documentation to see the pass and fail criteria.
All prices include access to our full suite of checks and meta data extraction.
Annual Submissions | < 500 | 501 - 1000 | 1001 - 2500 | 2501 - 5000 | 5000 + |
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Cost per submission | £1.50 | £1.20 | £1.00 | £0.80 | £0.80 |
Price for full suite of checks (Annual, excl VAT) |
£750 | £1,350 | £2,850 | £4,850 | Custom |
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Ethics | Ethical approval section | Is there a dedicated section for ethical approval? Does its title and position match journal requirements? |
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Ethical approval statement | Is ethical approval addressed? Either in an ethics statement section or in the methods. | |
Ethical approval board named | Is the ethical review board named? | |
Informed consent | For research involving people, do the authors address informed consent? | |
Declarations | Conflict of Interest | Does a conflict of interest section exist? Does its title and position match journal requirements? |
Data sharing | Does a data sharing statement exist? Does its title and position match journal requirements? | |
Author contributions | Does an author contributions section exist? Does its title and position match journal requirements? | |
Funding section | Does a funding section exist? Does its title and position match journal requirements? | |
Title page | Authors present | Are authors named? |
Author email addresses | Are there author email addresses, and are these institutional? | |
Corresponding author | Is a corresponding author named? | |
Institutions | Are author institutions included? | |
Word count | Is a word count provided? | |
Keywords | Are keywords provided? | |
Running Head | Is a running head provided? | |
Abstract | Abstract present | Does the manuscript include an abstract? |
Structured / unstructured | Is the abstract divided into subheadings or not, as per journal requirements? | |
Specific abstract subheadings | Has the author included all necessary abstract subheadings, as per journal requirements? | |
Specific abstract subheadings for systematic reviews and clinical trials | Does the abstract structure match PRISMA / CONSORT guidelines? | |
Structure | Required headings | Does the main body include all required sections and headings, as per journal requirements for the article type? |
Figures and Tables | In or out of manuscript | If figures or tables are referenced in the text, are they present/absent in the manuscript, as per journal requirements? |
Do mentions match legends? | Do all figures and tables mentioned in the text have an associated legend, and vice versa. | |
Ascending IDs | Are figures and tables mentioned in ascending numerical order? | |
Referencing | Style | Has the author used a numerical or named citation style, as per journal guidelines? |
Do citations and references match? | Do all citations appear in the reference list, and vice versa? | |
Order | Do numerical citations appear in ascending order? Do named references appear in alphabetic order? | |
Supplementary materials | Does the author refer to supplementary materials or an appendix? | |
Counts | Article Word Count | Is the article word count within journal limits? |
Abstract Word Count | Is the abstract word count within journal limits? | |
References Count | Are the number of references within journal limits? | |
Table and Figure Counts | Are the number of tables or figures within journal limits? | |
File Cleanliness | Track Changes | Is the file free from track changes? |
Endnote | Is the free from Endnote citations? | |
Meta data | Title | The title extracted from the title page. |
Page Numbers | Has the author included page numbers. | |
Double line spacing | Has the author used double line spacing? | |
Registered Trademarks | Has the author referred to any trademarked materials? |