Pre-submission feedback contribution

Substantive intellectual input — comments, critique, suggested revisions, or methodological advice — provided by a colleague on a draft manuscript or proposal before it is submitted to a journal or funder, recognised in acknowledgements rather than as authorship.

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· Last updated 21 May 2026

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Pre-submission feedback covers the spectrum from quick read-throughs to deep methodological critique. Where the feedback materially changed the work, named acknowledgement (with consent) is the standard credit; where it rose to substantive intellectual contribution to the work’s claims, authorship may be warranted.

References

ICMJE Recommendations (2024)
COPE Authorship Discussion Document (2019)

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JATS XML <role> element

xml

<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="Pre-submission feedback contribution"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/pre-submission-feedback-contribution" />

Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

json

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  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "@id": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/pre-submission-feedback-contribution",
  "name": "Pre-submission feedback contribution",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/pre-submission-feedback-contribution",
  "description": "Substantive intellectual input — comments, critique, suggested revisions, or methodological advice — provided by a colleague on a draft manuscript or proposal before it is submitted to a journal or funder, recognised in acknowledgements rather than as authorship.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/credit-extensions#set",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/pre-submission-feedback-contribution",
  "sameAs": [
    "Draft feedback",
    "Pre-submission review"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "publisher": {
    "@id": "https://casrai.org/#organization"
  },
  "dateModified": "2026-05-21T01:58:23",
  "inLanguage": "en"
}

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