Find the problems before a referee does.

A verified expert in your field reads your manuscript and tells you what a reviewer is likely to raise, while you can still fix it. Nothing is sent to any journal.

What you get
From $300per manuscript, priced before you commit
7 to 21 daysdepending on the tier you choose
Your languagethe review is written in a language you read
Named expertwith a public record you can check first

How it works

Four steps, and you see the reviewers before you pay.

1

Describe the manuscript

Title, abstract, your field, and the language you want the review written in.

2

See who can review it

Matching experts, with their record and turnaround. Before you pay anything.

3

An expert reads it

Up to three are invited; the first to accept takes the work.

4

You get findings

Specific, quoted, each marked by severity. You decide what to change.

What lands in your inbox

The review

  • Findings marked major, minor or note
  • Each one quotes the passage it refers to
  • What to change, and why it matters to a referee
  • An honest read on whether the paper is ready

What it never does

  • Nothing is sent to any journal
  • No editor sees it, and no decision is influenced
  • Nothing is published unless you choose to publish it
  • No reviewer from your own institution

What it costs

Priced per manuscript, shown before you commit.

TierTurnaroundPriceBest for
Pre-submission review14 days$300A full expert read before you submit
Priority7 days$400A deadline you cannot move
Methods & statistics21 days$550Study design, analysis, and whether the claims follow
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This is not stacked on top of an article processing charge. Most authors never pay one: subscription journals charge the author nothing, and where an open-access charge applies it is billed on acceptance, later and separately. The comparison that matters is against a desk rejection or a six-month revision round trip.

Why manuscripts get rejected

Most are not rejected for being wrong. They are rejected for three things an expert reader can see in an afternoon.

What referees object to

  • Conclusions stronger than the analysis supports
  • A method that cannot answer the question asked
  • Causal language on a correlational design
  • Effects called significant with no effect size

What causes a desk rejection

  • Wrong scope or wrong readership for the journal
  • Missing ethics or conflict-of-interest statements
  • Incomplete reporting checklists
  • A results section a reader cannot reconstruct

Common questions

Is this the same as journal peer review?

No. Journal peer review is part of an editorial decision. This is a second opinion you commission for yourself before you submit. CitePep sends nothing to any journal.

What if no reviewer matches my field?

You are told before you pay. The match runs on your field and language, so an empty result is visible up front rather than after a charge.

Can the review be in a language other than English?

Yes. You choose the language the review is written in, and only reviewers who work in that language are matched. It is a filter, not a preference.

Will a journal know I used this?

Only if you tell them. Nothing is disclosed by CitePep.

Who can see my manuscript?

The reviewer who accepts it, and nobody else. The content of the review is private to you unless you choose to publish the record.

Get your next submission read first

See which experts can review your manuscript, in your field and your language, before you commit to anything.