Before you invest in full publication support, know exactly where your manuscript stands. Our detailed publishability assessment identifies strengths, gaps, and the clearest path to acceptance.
Submitting a manuscript without knowing how it will be received is one of the biggest risks in academic publishing. Desk rejection rates at top journals can exceed 70% — and many of these rejections are preventable with the right prior assessment.
Our scholarly assessment service gives you a comprehensive, expert evaluation of your manuscript before you spend time and money on full publication support or journal submission. In 5–7 working days, you receive a detailed written report covering every dimension that journal editors and peer reviewers will scrutinise.
Your manuscript is evaluated across six core dimensions, each scored and accompanied by detailed written feedback:
Does your research offer a genuinely new contribution? We assess novelty, research gap justification, and the clarity of your claims.
Is your research design sound, replicable, and appropriately justified? We check statistical approach, sampling, and ethical compliance.
Is your literature review current, comprehensive, and critically engaged — or does it have gaps that reviewers will flag?
Is the manuscript written with academic precision and clarity? We assess grammar, style, and scholarly register.
We score your manuscript against our database of 500+ journals and identify the 3 best-matched publication targets.
A holistic rating of publication readiness with a clear, prioritised list of recommended actions before submission.
Every assessment is conducted by a PhD-qualified academic with active publishing experience in your discipline. We never assign assessors from outside your field. You are assessed by someone who has sat on editorial boards, reviewed manuscripts for journals, and published in the same types of publications you are targeting.
This is not an automated tool or AI-generated report. It is a genuine expert opinion — the same kind of critical evaluation that peer reviewers will apply when your manuscript lands in their inbox.
A £199 assessment could save you months of rejection cycles. Know exactly what needs to change — before your paper reaches a journal.