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Editage event: 10 Things to Keep in Mind Before Submitting your Manuscript to a Journal

Name: Editage event: 10 Things to Keep in Mind Before Submitting your Manuscript to a Journal
Start: 2025-04-29T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-29T23:59:59+01:00

Tuesday, 29 April 2025 1:00 PM GMT

Submitting your manuscript to a journal is a crucial step in your publication journey, but even minor oversights can lead to desk rejection. This session will equip you with key strategies to ensure your manuscript is submission-ready. Dr. Jacob Wickham will provide expert insights on final manuscript checks, structuring a strong submission package, and crafting an impactful cover letter. You’ll gain the confidence to submit your work successfully and improve your chances of acceptance.

What You’ll Learn:

✔ Common reasons for desk rejection and how to avoid them

✔ Essential strategies and key elements to make your research submission-ready

✔ The essential components of a strong journal submission package

✔ Key author responsibilities and ethical best practices in publishing

✔ How professional manuscript formatting enhances submission success

✔ Participants will receive a certificate upon attending the webinar.

Speaker

Dr Jacob Wickham,

Academic Trainer, Editage

Dr Jacob Wickham, Senior Managing Editor of the journal Integrative Zoology, is a Senior Researcher at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Entomology, Rutgers University. An award-winning and celebrated zoologist, Dr Wickham has over 15 years of experience in academic publishing and has published several papers in high impact journals. Dr Wickham has gained a lot of valuable experience in research and journal publishing over the years and is passionate about sharing his knowledge with researchers to help them in their publication journey.