Submission

How it is used

Common in journals, conferences, and coursework for manuscripts, revised versions, deadlines, online portals, and editorial processing.

Example sentences

1. The journal confirmed receipt of our submission and said an editor would screen the manuscript within two weeks.

   Here the term means the manuscript package sent to a journal for editorial consideration and possible peer review.

2. Because the conference portal closed at midnight, Sara uploaded the final submission before leaving the library.

   In this example, it refers to the completed file or set of files officially sent before the deadline.

Common collocations

• final submission
• submission deadline
• confirm submission

Related terms

• submitTo formally send a piece of work, such as an article, thesis, abstract or application, to the people who will judge it.
• manuscriptThe text of an article or book that an author submits to a journal or publisher before it is accepted and published.

More terms: Peer Review and Publishing

• peer review
• journal
• reviewer
• revise and resubmit
• desk rejection
• impact factor
• open access
• corresponding author
• publish or perish
• editor
• co-author
• cover letter