There is a draft manuscript being considered for publication by a journal. The draft manuscript has been returned to the Authors several times after submission on the premise that there are too many repeated words in the references. Consequent on this, the Authors have written to the administrator of the journal for explanation. Please add your explanation to the query and advise on what should be done by the Authors to make this draft fly.
Draft manuscript entails the preliminary status of the manuscript in which the write up is yet to be put in shape. It may have repetitions of ideas and this needs to be addressed. Each section - abstract, introduction, description of study area, results and discussion and conclusion has its peculiar contents. On no account should section contents be mixed up. Therefore, authors should go through their draft manuscript for such corrections.
It is very different to write a paper in the area of humanities or social sciences and in natural sciences. In humanities we can substitute the repeated word by synonyms or related words. I understand that it is too difficult to change "arsenic" ou "arsenite" by a synonym, but you can try, sometimes in your article, using a co-related idea that may express more or less the concept. Regarding the References, it is impossible to avoid repetition, as the names or the citations are done by the authors. I hope I could help.
The Authors ended up sending the said paper to another reputable Journal and it went through prescreening unhindered! They are waiting for the outcome of the peer review!
I think one way to avoid repeated words is to clearly state it in the introductory aspect of the work, avoid repetition during the body and just refer to it while drawing conclusion. In science, its always not easy to avoid.
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