What happens when you don’t review your paper after writing it?

Don’t think if you have completed writing your paper then your work is done, no, the most exhausting work is still left, i.e., reviewing your doctoral paper and trust me you can’t submit your paper without reviewing it. You should go back and start reviewing your paper as it could be used as an asset for your paper.

What do you mean by reviewing the paper?

Reviewing your paper means merely reading your doctoral paper to detect any grammatical, lingual, statistical errors. Also, you must review the paper for the errors concerning the content of the paper. It is the concluding and the most crucial stage on which you should work with the full attention of yours. 

Why to review the paper? It’s the content that matters, right?

• Yes, content does matter, but how you present your thoughts and ideas should be your primary concern and presenting your ideas creatively is possible only when you review. As when you review your doctoral paper, it gives you a chance to read and rewrite some of the ideas in an entirely new and innovative manner.
• You should focus on making your doctoral paper perfect for that you need to review your paper because only then you would be able to remove every possible error. 
• Review your paper to check whether your doctoral paper is formatted well or not? Is it readable? How skilfully is it written? You have placed your content in the right place or not?

Review your doctoral paper keeping the following key points in mind:

• University guidelines: Look whether you have written your doctoral paper as per your university guidelines or not.
• Uniformity throughout the paper: You must use the same font and size in the whole paper. For instance, If you are using Times New Roman 12 point, in the beginning, your paper should end in the same way only. 
• Page margins: Set page margins at approximately 1 inch or as per your university or college guidelines.
• Scan your doctoral paper: Check your doctoral paper for spelling and grammatical errors. Focus on the structure of the sentence, use of prepositions, articles.
• Read your sentences aloud: In this way, you would be able to detect the mistakes in your sentence formation. Make sure every sentence is complete and making sense. 

Ask yourself these questions while reviewing your paper:

• Does the introduction of your paper provide complete and precise information?
• Does every chapter of your doctoral paper is coordinating with your research objective?
• Is there any deviation from the initial aim of the doctoral paper?
• Do your paragraphs talk about a single idea?
• Have you covered every aspect related to your research topic?
• Is the flow between the paragraphs well throughout?
• Have you used transitional words or phrases?
• Is there any repetition in words or sentences?
• Have irrelevant and unnecessary ‘filler’ words such as ‘actually’ or ‘basically’ been avoided? 
• Is your language used in the paper formal enough?
• Does the content in the doctoral paper, appropriate for your readers?
• Does your doctoral paper is fulfilling the needs of the readers?
• Does the last chapter properly conclude?

It is always suggested to look into the work again once it’s done, as it enables us to find out our mistakes and gives us a chance to correct them. So the points mentioned above will help you to develop an error-free paper. Be sure you check your doctoral paper in and out before submitting your paper.