The manuscript should include an abstract that is between 0 and 150 words long.

Checks for a list of contributing authors names and affiliations in the manuscript.

Checks if ethics statements are included. To pass, if your study involves human subjects, document your ethical compliance with a footnote regarding your approval or exemption. A copy of your ethics approval or exemption documentation will also be required upon submission. If your research does not involve human subjects results of this check can be ignored.

Checks for inappropriate language that marginalises, demeans, or excludes people or social groups. This check searches the manuscript for a predefined set of inappropriate words. Note that this check only identifies words or phrases; it does not evaluate context.

Checks if a list of keywords is provided. For example: "Keywords: Adoptive cellular immunotherapy, cancer, immunohistochemistry, prognosis." This is usually placed after the abstract along with other metadata.

The manuscript should be between 3,500 and 9,000 words long, excluding the reference section, and including words in legends and tables.

Cite recent sources when possible. To pass this check, less than 10% of references should be 10+ years old.

Every reference should be cited in the main text of the manuscript to pass this check.

Including a large number of self-citations in the manuscript is discouraged. This check fails if more than 15 self-citations are found or more than 80% of the references are self-citations.

Covers issues with capitalization, hyphenation, punctuation, spacing etc. Counts as failed if there are more than 20 suggestions per 1,000 words.

Covers conciseness, redundancy, transition and flow, and suggests improved phrasing. Counts as failed if there are more than 10 suggestions per 1,000 words.

Covers issues with fluency, informal usage, and word choice. Counts as failed if there are more than 10 suggestions per 1,000 words.

Covers issues with article usage, conjunctions, determiners, preposition usage, spelling, and phrasing. Counts as failed if there are more than 60 suggestions per 1000 words.

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