{"title":"What is missing in a manuscript?","authors":"Ji-Dong Gu","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106012","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As academic publication becomes increasingly more competitive for both authors and also the publishers, quality of a manuscript is the most critical element for acceptance through the intensive reviewing process. Manuscripts are increasing in number, but fewer are distinguished from the enormous large pool of them. It is logical for authors to ask what is needed or missing in a manuscript for a good quality to be judged by professional peers? Very briefly, the reproducibility of the results is the basic element and foundation stone for science, and, more importantly, the soul of a manuscript, more than often, is missing. Because of this, I would like to discuss contents of a manuscript in this communication as my focal point in a hope to assist authors to improve manuscript quality and submission success rate.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13643,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","volume":"198 ","pages":"Article 106012"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964830525000162","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
As academic publication becomes increasingly more competitive for both authors and also the publishers, quality of a manuscript is the most critical element for acceptance through the intensive reviewing process. Manuscripts are increasing in number, but fewer are distinguished from the enormous large pool of them. It is logical for authors to ask what is needed or missing in a manuscript for a good quality to be judged by professional peers? Very briefly, the reproducibility of the results is the basic element and foundation stone for science, and, more importantly, the soul of a manuscript, more than often, is missing. Because of this, I would like to discuss contents of a manuscript in this communication as my focal point in a hope to assist authors to improve manuscript quality and submission success rate.
期刊介绍:
International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation publishes original research papers and reviews on the biological causes of deterioration or degradation.