The Manuscript Sketch Tool
Script version 0.1

The Manuscript Sketch Tool is an online tool developed to assist researchers and authors in the initial preparation of their scientific manuscripts. This tool provides a standardized basic structure for creating academic articles, following a format generally accepted by the scientific community.

The tool works as an interactive guide, where the author fills in specific fields such as title, author information, structured abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions, among other important sections. Each section has character limits and contextual tips to guide the author about the type of content expected.

An important feature is its flexibility: after generating and downloading the document in .doc format, authors have complete freedom to make any necessary modifications, such as:

  • Adjusting section names according to specific journal requirements
  • Adding or removing subsections
  • Modifying formatting
  • Including figures, tables, and other visual elements
  • Expanding content beyond initial limits
  • Customizing citation and reference styles

In essence, the Manuscript Sketch Tool serves as a structured starting point for scientific writing, not as a rigid and definitive format. It is especially useful for beginning researchers or for those who want an organized foundation to start writing their articles.

Please fill in the boxes below to prepare a manuscript. It is almost as easy as 1, 2, and 3!

(Step 1). Please, complete the required sections of the manuscript in the boxes below.
Browse to: Manuscript title | Authors Identification | Abstract | Manuscript body | Make the text | Download the text in MS-Word format
Complete name:
Name of the University:
Faculty name:
Department name:
Country of the University:
E-mail of the corresponding author:
Complete name:
Name of the University:
Faculty name:
Department name:
Country of the University:
Complete name:
Name of the University:
Faculty name:
Department name:
Country of the University:
Note that if there are more authors, you can manually include them on the MS Word document that will be downloaded later. .

If you have used the abstract maker tool link (equivalent to the fields below), you can copy and past the abstract manually in the Word file later.


Background:


Aims:


Methods:


Results:


Discussion:


Conclusions:

Keywords:


1. INTRODUCTION:




AIMS:




2. MATERIALS AND METHODS
2.1. MATERIALS:




2.2. METHODS:




2.2.1. METHOD A:




2.2.2. METHOD B:




2.2.3. METHOD (C) Statistical Analysis or Data Analysis:




3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 3.1. RESULTS:




3.1.1 RESULTS OF THE METHOD A:




3.1.2 RESULTS OF THE METHOD B:




3.1.3 RESULTS OF THE METHOD (C) Statistical Analysis or Data Analysis:




3.2. DISCUSSIONS:


3.2.1 DISCUSSIONS OF RESULTS A:


3.2.2 DISCUSSIONS OF RESULTS B:


3.2.3 DISCUSSIONS OF RESULTS C:




4. CONCLUSIONS:


5. DECLARATIONS:

5.1. Study Limitations:




5.2. Acknowledgements:




5.3. Funding source:




5.4. Competing Interests:




6. HUMAN AND ANIMAL-RELATED STUDIES:
6.1 Ethical Approval


6.2 Informed Consent




7. REFERENCES:


(Step 2). Please hit the submmit button. (later scroll down the page :) )



(Step 3.). Please Click on the "Export as .doc" button.


Script version history:

Ver. 0.1 - Prototype;
Ver. 0.1 Introduced in the Southern Journal of Scences in 03/12/2022.