*! version 2.1 02May2026

Title

polishpaper -- Generate a Structured Polishing Template for Academic Papers

Syntax

polishpaper
[, options]

Main
language(string) Specify output language (Chinese/中文/zh or English/英文/en)

saving(string) Specify filename for output text file

replace Overwrite existing file with the same name

author(string) Specify author name

date(string) Specify date used in the template

language(string) supports "Chinese", "中文", "zh", "English", "英文", "en".
Default is "English".

saving(string) specifies the filename for the output text file.
Default is "polish_template.txt".

author(string) specifies the author name.
If not specified, defaults to "Prof. Wu Lianghai, Wu Hanyan & Yang Lu".

date(string) specifies the date information to use in the template.
Recommended format is "DDMonYYYY" (e.g., 20Mar2026). Default is "20Mar2026".

Description

The polishpaper command generates a structured text file containing
a polishing template for academic papers. The template includes seven tasks
designed to guide users through the manuscript revision process.

The seven tasks are:

1. Improve Paragraph (Clarity & Conciseness)

2. Paraphrase Sentence (Avoid Plagiarism)

3. Suggest Title

4. Generate Keywords

5. Write Conclusion

6. Discussion Outline

7. Argue Significance

Version history:

v2.0 (02May2026): Added author() and date() options;
improved bilingual support with zh/en language aliases

v1.0 (20Mar2026): Initial release

Options

Main

language(string) specifies the output language for the template.
Valid values are: "Chinese", "中文", "zh" (for Chinese), "English",
"英文", "en" (for English). When English is selected (default), the
template content is in English; when Chinese is selected, the template
content is in Chinese.
The option can be abbreviated as l.

saving(string) specifies the filename for the output text file.
The default is "polish_template.txt" in the current working directory.
If the filename does not include a path, the file will be saved in the
current directory. Use quotes if the filename contains spaces.
The option can be abbreviated as s.

author(string) specifies the author name to be included in the
template header. If not specified, defaults to "Prof. Wu Lianghai,
Wu Hanyan & Yang Lu". This option allows users to personalize the generated
template.
The option can be abbreviated as a.

date(string) specifies the date information to use in the template.
The recommended format is "DDMonYYYY" (e.g., 20Mar2026). If not specified,
defaults to "20Mar2026".
The option can be abbreviated as d.

replace overwrites an existing file with the same name.
If the target file already exists and this option is not specified,
the program will report an error and terminate.

Examples

Basic example with English template

. polishpaper

Generate Chinese template using zh alias (abbreviated options)

. polishpaper, l(zh) s(my_polish.txt)

Generate Chinese template using Chinese keyword (full option names)

. polishpaper, language(Chinese) saving(my_polish.txt)

Complete example with all options (using abbreviations)

. polishpaper, l(Chinese) s("D:\Paper\polish_template.txt") a("Prof. Wang Wu") d("25Mar2026") r

Generate English template with custom author and date (full option names)

. polishpaper, language(en) author("Dr. Li Hua & Prof. Zhang Wei") date("01Apr2026")

Stored results

polishpaper does not store results in r(). All output is
directly written to the specified text file, and generation information
is displayed in the Stata results window.

Authors

Wu Lianghai

School of Business, Anhui University of Technology (AHUT)

Ma'anshan, China

Wu Hanyan

School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics
and Astronautics (NUAA)

Nanjing, China

Yang Lu

Finance Bureau of Rugao City, Jiangsu Province, China

Rugao, China

Technical Support: Intelligent Accounting Laboratory,
Anhui University of Technology

Last Updated: 02 May 2026

Also see

Manual: [P] file

Online: For questions or suggestions, please contact the
first author