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AES Research Support Services
AES Research Support Services
AES offers a suite of AI-powered services to help members strengthen their research at every stage of the publication process from polishing a working draft, to retargeting a paper for a different journal, to preparing a discussion, to responding to referees. Each service is described below. To request any of them, simply email your files to admin@accountingtheory.org and include the keyword shown next to the service in your subject line.
- Manuscript Improvement
Get a rigorous, multi-round critique and revision of a paper you have already drafted. Multiple AI reviewers audit your manuscript in sequence, flagging issues with argument, evidence, mathematics, and exposition, and producing a revised version that addresses what they find. The process continues until the paper stabilizes.
Best for: a paper you have drafted and want sharpened before submission.
To request: email your manuscript to admin@accountingtheory.org with "improve" in the subject line.
2. Discussion Prep
2. Discussion Prep
Asked to discuss someone else's paper at a conference or seminar? This service produces a complete LaTeX (Beamer) slide deck for a 30-minute discussion. The deck includes a concise summary of the paper's model, results, and contribution, followed by at least ten substantive critique slides that probe assumptions, identification, mechanism, external validity, robustness, alternative explanations, and unresolved gaps each one raising specific, named questions rather than boilerplate. The voice and pacing are calibrated to Jeremy Bertomeu's style so the discussion lands the way an AES audience expects.
Best for: preparing a conference or seminar discussion of someone else's paper.
To request: email the paper you have been asked to discuss to admin@accountingtheory.org with "discussion" in the subject line.
3. Revision or Rejection Follow-Up
3. Revision or Rejection Follow-Up
Whether the editor invited a revision, asked for a rejection-with-encouragement, or simply rejected the paper, this service produces what you need to respond. We take your manuscript together with the editor letter, referee reports, and (optionally) any prior response letter, and we produce two things: a revised manuscript that addresses every referee point, and a complete response letter that walks the editor and each referee through the changes point by point. The revision aims for accuracy, internal consistency, and the writing quality expected at top journals.
Best for: any decision letter you have received R&R, reject-and-resubmit, or outright rejection where you want a revised paper and a response letter.
To request: email a single zip containing your manuscript source (TeX, figures, bib, code), the editor letter and referee reports, and any prior response letter to admin@accountingtheory.org with "revise" in the subject line. Mention whether you are responding to an R&R at the same journal or preparing to resubmit elsewhere.
4. Pre-Submission Feedback
4. Pre-Submission Feedback
Get a structured, quality-focused review of a draft before you send it out. Your paper is evaluated against the AES research standards on clarity, contribution, methodology, and literature positioning, and you receive organized feedback identifying where the draft is strongest and where it needs more work.
Best for: a draft you want assessed against AES standards before submission.
To request: email your draft to admin@accountingtheory.org with "feedback" in the subject line.
How to Submit
How to Submit
Email your files to admin@accountingtheory.org. Put the keyword for the service you want in the subject line: "improve" for manuscript improvement, "discussion" for discussion slides, "revise" for revision advice, or "submission" for pre-submission feedback. Include your manuscript and any related materials as needed by the scope; please do not include any sensitive information.
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