Research Paper Checklist Cheat Sheet

From literature review to final submission

Last Updated: November 21, 2025

Sections to Verify

Section Checklist
Abstract/Intro State motivation, contributions, and hooks in 2–3 sentences.
Related Work Position your work, cite recent preprints, and explain gaps.
Methods Detail reproducible steps, data splits, and hyperparameters.
Experiments Include baselines, metrics, and significance with plots.

Supporting Tasks

pdflatex paper.tex
Generate the PDF to check formatting before submission.
bibtex paper
Ensure all references compile without warnings.
git tag v1.0 && git push origin v1.0
Freeze the submission version for reviewers.
run_spellcheck.sh paper.pdf
Catch stray typos in the exported version.

Summary

Double-check structure, reproducibility, and formatting; run your build pipeline so the reviewers see a tight, versioned submission.

💡 Pro Tip: Share a checklist spreadsheet with collaborators so everyone tracks the same deadlines and quality gates.
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