How To Prepare A Great Journal Submission Package?

What will you learn?

  1. Reasons for desk rejection and how you can avoid them
  2. Understand what journal editors are looking for
  3. The importance of a robust submission package
  4. The key elements of a journal submission package
  5. Author responsibilities and ethical publication practices
  6. How to use the downloadable submission checklist

Course Description

Are you preparing your paper for submission to the journal? Are you worried that your manuscript may face desk rejection? With well-paced micro lessons, delivered straight to your email inbox, this course helps you understand why you need to make sure that your paper is absolutely submission-ready. It will also help you with detailed tips on how you can go about putting together a robust submission package. Your publication coach will share detailed tips that cover each aspect of manuscript finalization and submission – right from how to run final checks on your manuscript to writing an effective cover letter, which will help you confidently submit your work to the journal. The free, downloadable checklist at the end will help you quickly assess the submission-readiness of your paper.


What topics will you cover?

Lecture 1: The next step after manuscript writing

Lecture 2: Writing a pre-submission enquiry

Lecture 3: Preparing an awesome journal submission package

Lecture 4: The importance of proofreading and running final checks

Lecture 5: Why you need to format your manuscript

Lecture 6: The importance of the Title, Abstract, and Keywords

Lecture 7: Understanding the visual elements in your manuscript

Lecture 8: The responsibilities of the corresponding author

Lecture 9: Getting authorship right

Lecture 10: More about references and citations

Lecture 11: Preparing a cover letter for submission

Lecture 12: Knowing what journal editors look for

Lecture 13: Making sure you follow ethical publication practices

Lecture 14: Apply your learnings with a free manuscript submission checklist


Our success stories

I am very pleased with this information and your kindness to offer help in research publishing. The target journal is well known for my research field.


Publication Coach Series

The Publication Coach series is a one-of-a-kind course series where short, micro lessons are delivered via email every other day. More than 100,000 learners have benefitted from these courses and found the simple, engaging and bite-sized style extremely empowering. It proves that in just 2-5 mins per day, you can master a new skill with our expert tips and advice that help make learning a habit. The best part, is you can access the emails in your inbox for reference whenever needed. Subscribe to the All Access Pass now to turn this into an interactive course, where you can chat with your publication coach over email.


Your Instructor


Jayashree Rajagopalan
Jayashree Rajagopalan
I began as a writer and editor of scholarly publishing content for Editage Insights. Given my passion for scholarly publishing, the experience helped me satisfy my curiosity about the industry and learn more about how researchers navigate each step of their journey. I also got to work on visual formats - infographics, slide decks, videos - all of made sure I kept my creative thinking cap on at all times. I love that my current role as global community manager gives me great opprotunities to have memorable conversations with researchers and publication professionals across the globe. It also drives me to think at a deeper level about building a stronger and more well-knit community of people passionate about communicating the best research to the world.

In my previous role as an academic editor at Editage, I gained a first-hand understanding of the publication needs of and challenges faced by authors. While at work, I find myself exploring newer ways to communicate ideas and connect with authors globally. Outside work, you will find me fawning over my cats (I have two!) and being indecisive about which comic book or research paper to read or which superhero movie or series to watch.

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