What is pre-submission peer review?
Pre-submission peer review is an independent, journal-style evaluation of a manuscript by an expert in the field before it is submitted. The reviewer assesses novelty, study design, methodology, results, discussion, literature coverage and presentation, and writes a report with prioritised recommendations. It helps authors address the objections real reviewers are likely to raise, reducing the risk of rejection and the number of revision rounds.
Service overview
Peer-reviewed studies and journal editors point to a small set of recurring reasons for rejection: unclear novelty, gaps in research design, a weak literature review, and conclusions that go beyond the data. A pre-submission review finds these while they are still easy to fix.
Your manuscript is assigned to a PhD-qualified subject expert with peer-review experience, who carefully examines the methodology, results and conclusions and writes a high-impact report structured like the one you would receive from a journal.
What is included
- Novelty and significance assessment
- Research design and methodology critique
- Results and data presentation review
- Discussion and conclusions checked against the data
- Literature review coverage and gaps
- Structure against the IMRAD model
- Journal suitability comments
- Prioritised, actionable recommendations
Who this service is for
Authors targeting high-impact journals
Researchers aiming for top-tier journals with demanding standards for research content.
Authors with limited publishing experience
Researchers who have not yet written a well-organised paper for an international journal.
Authors after rejection
Researchers who want an expert view on what went wrong before resubmitting.
Our process
How our pre-submission peer review works
Why choose us
Why researchers choose Frontier Publishers
Avoid avoidable rejection
Weaknesses are addressed before they reach an editor or reviewer.
Experienced reviewers
Reviewers are active researchers who review for indexed journals.
Fewer revision rounds
Anticipating reviewer objections shortens the path to acceptance.
Independent and confidential
An impartial view of your work, under strict confidentiality.
Questions
Pre-submission peer review questions
It follows the same approach and report structure, but it is independent of any journal and does not affect the editorial decision. Its purpose is to help you improve the manuscript before submission.
No. The review evaluates the science and presentation and recommends changes. If you also want the language improved, combine it with English editing.
A PhD-qualified researcher from your subject area who has reviewed for peer-reviewed journals.
No service can guarantee acceptance, because the decision belongs to the journal. A pre-submission review substantially reduces the risk of rejection for reasons that could have been fixed.
Free assessment
Send your manuscript and target journal. An expert reviews it and replies with a recommended approach and a fixed quote, with no obligation.
Related services
Often combined with pre-submission peer review
A reasoned shortlist of indexed journals matched to your scope, methods and timeline, with the odds stated plainly.
End-to-end handling from submission through peer review, revision and acceptance, with one contact throughout.
Help answering the review letter point by point, including the points you intend to push back on, with the revised manuscript re-edited.