Improving the likelihood of manuscript acceptance; a primer for trainees and young investigators

Since our inception, over the past 4 years, JNIS manuscript submissions have doubled in number to almost 500 a year. Out of necessity, the journal has become increasingly selective viz a viz the manuscripts that are ultimately published. As a result, this is an opportune time to address elements of the manuscript review process, and to suggest common practices that generally improve the likelihood of manuscript acceptance. Specific suggestions pertaining to each of the original research manuscript components are made. It is our hope that neurointerventionalists in training and young investigators find this editor's comment useful in putting together future articles for JNIS . ### Title The title should be as concise and unambiguous as possible. It should contain key words and, if possible, give the main result of the study. The title sets the tone of the manuscript and is the initial data point which is used by the reader to decide whether or not to proceed with reading the paper. Examples of well constructed titles include ‘Admission neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio predicts 90 day outcome after endovascular stroke therapy’1 and ‘ASPECTS decay during inter-facility transfer predicts patient outcomes in endovascular reperfusion in ischemic stroke’.2 ### Introduction The introduction should establish the context of the manuscript. Prior evidence based knowledge regarding the research hypothesis should be briefly referenced. This should be followed by a clear statement conveying why the present work under consideration was conducted. Next, the hypothesis, or study aims, should …