{"id":19954,"date":"2018-11-07T12:33:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T07:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/?p=19954"},"modified":"2021-12-01T21:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T15:01:23","slug":"tips-to-self-edit-your-research-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/tips-to-self-edit-your-research-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Self-Edit Your Research Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.read.enago.com\/?utm_source=academy&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=keywords&#038;utm_term=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Self-editing a manuscript<\/a> means correcting your own writing after your initial (first) draft. Multiple drafts should be produced until the manuscript is in the best possible shape. In this smartshort, we give you tips to effectively self-edit your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/submission-preparation.htm\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"18\" title=\"Research paper\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">research paper<\/a>. You can also find a detailed article on this topic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/reject-your-own-manuscript-why-self-editing-is-critical\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19955 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Copy-of-Galley-proofs_SmartShort-26-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Copy-of-Galley-proofs_SmartShort-26-1.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Copy-of-Galley-proofs_SmartShort-26-1-440x230.png 440w, https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Copy-of-Galley-proofs_SmartShort-26-1-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Copy-of-Galley-proofs_SmartShort-26-1-750x392.png 750w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/627;\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex; gap:10px;justify-content:\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19954?action=genpdf&amp;id=19954\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-editing a manuscript means correcting your own writing after your initial (first) draft. 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