Tag: Manuscript formatting

This article provides best practices on how (and when) to edit your research manuscript.

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Use this checklist to ensure you have made all necessary revisions before resubmitting your manuscript to a journal.

• Capitalization rules for chemical compounds and abbreviations can be confusing.
• At the beginning of a sentence, capitalize the first syllabic portion of the compound name.
• Chemical elements and amino acids are not capitalized within a sentence, just their symbol (e.g., Ag or Gln).

• Use the find and replace tool in Microsoft Word to ensure consistent formatting in your manuscript
• Check for inconsistencies in abbreviations/acronyms, hyphenation, spacing, and more