AI-Powered Pre-Submission Checker
Up to 70% of manuscripts fail desk review. Check yours before you submit.
Upload your paper and get an instant Readiness Score — AI checks structure, clarity, references, and journal fit. Know exactly what to fix before rejection costs you months.
● 425+ manuscripts checked
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● Results in 5–10 min
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How it works
From upload to clarity in 4 steps
No account needed. Pay once, get your Readiness Score and a detailed PDF report delivered straight to your inbox.
1
Upload
Upload your manuscript as DOCX or PDF. For Journal Check, add your target journal's URL.
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AI Reviews
Our AI checks 7–10 criteria: structure, abstract, research question, methodology, results, references, and English clarity.
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Get Your Score
Receive a Readiness Score from 0–100% with a colour-coded verdict: Ready, Almost Ready, Needs Work, or Not Ready.
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Fix & Submit
Your PDF report shows exactly what to improve — criterion by criterion. Journal Check adds plagiarism and AI detection via iThenticate.
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General criteria
Overall Readiness Score (0–100%)
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Article structure completeness
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Abstract quality
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Research question clarity
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Methodology presence
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Results & evidence analysis 🔒
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Reference count benchmark 🔒
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Academic English quality 🔒
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Criterion-by-criterion fix recommendations 🔒
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PDF report delivered to inbox 🔒
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Journal-specific criteria
Aims & scope compatibility
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Author guidelines compliance
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Article type match verification
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Plagiarism & AI detection
Similarity report (iThenticate)
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AI content detection (iThenticate)
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Why article readiness
Most rejections are preventable.
Most authors don't know that.
Desk rejection doesn't mean your research is bad. It means something predictable stopped the editor from sending it to reviewers.
Know before you submit
A missing section, a weak abstract, a scope mismatch — things a checklist catches in minutes. Don't find out from a rejection email after three months of waiting.
A score, not a guess
Readiness Score gives you a number, not a feeling. Green means go. Red means fix first. Every criterion is scored individually so you know exactly where to spend your revision time.
Journal-specific analysis
General feedback isn't enough when every journal has different rules. Journal Check pulls the actual aims & scope and author guidelines from your target journal and checks your paper against them directly.
Plagiarism + AI detection included
Journals increasingly screen for AI-generated content before peer review. Journal Check includes both similarity checking and AI detection via iThenticate — the same tool used by thousands of journals worldwide.
Researchers who checked before they submitted
Real results from real researchers
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I submitted the same paper twice before finding Arxivia. The Journal Check told me my methodology section was too vague for the journal's scope. I revised it, resubmitted, and it passed desk review in 3 days.
📈 Score: 61% → 84% after revision
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The Readiness Score was 61% — Almost Ready. I wasn't expecting that. The report showed me exactly three things to fix. Two weeks later the paper was accepted for review.
✅ Passed desk review on next submission
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I always wondered why my papers kept getting rejected without explanation. The AI checklist found a pattern — my abstracts were not structured correctly. Simple fix, big difference.
🔁 Used Journal Check 3 times this year
FAQ
Common questions about manuscript readiness
The safest way is to check it against the specific criteria journals use at desk review: structure completeness, abstract clarity, reference count, scope alignment, and author guidelines compliance. Our AI Readiness Score covers all of these and gives you a 0–100% verdict with specific improvement recommendations.
At desk review, editors typically check whether your manuscript fits the journal's scope, follows formatting and structure requirements, meets minimum reference standards, and is written in clear academic English. Papers that fail any of these criteria are rejected before reaching a single reviewer.
The top reasons are: scope mismatch with the journal, poor abstract structure, missing or under-developed methodology section, insufficient references, and formatting that doesn't follow author guidelines. All of these are detectable — and fixable — before you submit.
AI content detection identifies text that was likely generated by tools like ChatGPT. Many journals now screen for this before peer review, and high AI detection scores can lead to desk rejection or retraction. Journal Check includes AI detection via iThenticate so you know your score before the editor does.
iThenticate is the industry standard — used by thousands of journals and publishers worldwide, including Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. Journal Check uses iThenticate via Crossref Similarity Check, the same system your target journal likely uses. You see your score before submission, not after.
Plagiarism checking compares your text against published papers, web content, and databases to detect copied or paraphrased content. AI detection identifies patterns typical of AI-generated writing. They are separate checks — both are included in Journal Check.