Smart Submission™

An AI-assisted submission intelligence platform that guides authors through submission requirements, validates manuscript information, and identifies issues before a manuscript ever enters the editorial workflow.

For authors

The submission experience authors actually want

Authors benefit from point-of-submission instructions, fewer errors and return requests, and less time spent re-entering information or correcting avoidable problems. Smart Submission makes all of that part of the submission itself, rather than something to fix weeks later.

What the author sees on upload
Submission 2026-1184
Validated on upload
manuscript.docx fig1–fig6.tif supp-data.xlsx
Metadata extracted and validated PASS
ORCID & funder IDs resolved for all authors PASS
3 references missing DOIs — one click to resolve FIX
Ethics & conflict statements present PASS
Submission requirements met PASS
Submit in the format they wrote in
Word, LaTeX, PDF, any figure type. No reformatting to a template before a journyl will even look at the science.
Know instantly, not in three weeks
Issues are identified before the manuscript enters the editorial workflow — not after it has waited in a queue.
Plain-language fixes, not error codes
Point-of-submission instructions in context, in the author's own words — never an error code or a PDF of guidelines.
No avoidable unsubmission
Requirements, policy statements and integrity checks are settled up front, so a decision is about the research — not paperwork.
Metadata filled in for them
Metadata is extracted automatically rather than re-keyed, so co-author and funding details stop being a chore.
A visible, honest status
Authors can see exactly where their manuscript is and what happens next, without emailing the editorial office to ask.