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Review an academic article draft

Use this prompt to review a draft article before publication by checking claim support, citation coverage, argument flow, academic register, unsupported inference, and evidence gaps.

Outcome

Evidence-gated article review

Returns supported claims, unsupported claims, citation gaps, structure issues, register issues, and required revisions.

Use case

Pre-publication academic review

Use when an article draft needs an objective review before publishing, submission, or further editing.

Output

Revision-ready findings

Produces prioritized findings, required fixes, optional improvements, missing evidence, and confidence level.

When to use this prompt

Use this prompt to turn an academic or research article draft into a structured evidence, citation, argument, and writing-quality review.

Use it when

You need to review a draft article before publication

Use it when the draft contains factual claims, research claims, technical claims, citations, argumentation, or academic framing that must be checked before publication.

Do not use it when

The task is source discovery or full literature review

Use a literature-review workflow when the task is to search, compare, or synthesize external literature rather than review an existing draft.

Inputs required

Provide the draft article and any sources, notes, citation list, publication target, or review constraints that should be used. The prompt should not invent missing sources, claims, citations, or author intent.

Draft article

The article text, section headings, abstract, introduction, body sections, conclusion, and any references already attached to the draft.

Evidence and source material

Sources cited by the article, source excerpts, links, PDFs, notes, or permission to browse when external verification is required.

Review constraints

Target audience, publication context, required citation style, length constraints, and areas that should not be rewritten.

Copy-ready prompt

Copy the prompt and replace the MATERIALS block with the draft article, cited sources, notes, and review constraints.

Run an academic article draft review.

TASK:
Review the supplied article draft for:
- claim support
- citation coverage
- unsupported or overstated claims
- unclear argument flow
- weak structure
- academic register issues
- missing evidence
- revision actions needed before publication

REVIEW SCOPE:
Focus on the supplied draft and supplied evidence.
Use external sources only when they are supplied or when browsing is explicitly allowed.
Do not perform a full literature review unless the user explicitly asks for one.
Do not rewrite the full article unless the user explicitly asks for a rewrite.

EVIDENCE RULES:
- Do not invent sources, citations, quotes, findings, author intent, publication requirements, or factual support.
- Treat every factual, technical, scholarly, or research claim as unsupported unless the supplied materials or verified sources support it.
- If a claim is plausible but not supported, mark it as NOT VERIFIED.
- If required evidence is missing, write: INSUFFICIENT_EVIDENCE: <specific missing evidence>.
- If browsing is required but not available or not allowed, state what cannot be verified.
- Keep verified findings separate from missing evidence.

REVIEW CHECKS:
- Thesis clarity
- Section structure
- Claim-to-evidence alignment
- Citation coverage
- Overclaiming or unsupported inference
- Terminology precision
- Academic register
- Paragraph flow
- Redundancy or unclear transitions
- Required revisions before publication

OUTPUT:
A) Article review summary
B) Verified strengths
C) Required revisions
D) Unsupported or overclaimed points
E) Citation and evidence gaps
F) Structure and argument-flow issues
G) Academic register and clarity issues
H) Optional improvements
I) Missing evidence
J) Confidence

MATERIALS:
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Replace this block with:
- the draft article
- cited sources or reference list
- source excerpts or links
- publication target or audience
- required citation style, if relevant
- constraints on what may or may not be rewritten
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Prompt setup

Use this as a runtime article-review prompt

Paste the current article draft and source materials into the prompt. Keep stable evidence, citation, and academic-style rules in the instruction layer.

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