The Formatly Document Quality Score: What It Means

The Formatly Document Quality Score is a unique metric that helps you assess how well your document conforms to your chosen academic style. Here's what it means and how to interpret it. ## What the Quality Score Measures The Document Quality Score evaluates your document across multiple dimensions: ### Formatting Compliance (40% of score) How well your document follows the selected style guide's formatting rules, including margins, spacing, fonts, and heading hierarchy. ### Citation Accuracy (30% of score) The consistency and correctness of your in-text citations and reference list entries. ### Structural Completeness (20% of score) Whether your document includes all required sections (title page, abstract, references, etc.). ### Readability (10% of score) Overall document presentation quality, including language variant consistency. ## Score Ranges | Score | Meaning | |-------|---------| | 90-100 | Excellent. Document is submission-ready with minimal corrections needed. | | 70-89 | Good. Minor formatting issues present. Document will be significantly improved after processing. | | 50-69 | Fair. Several formatting issues detected. Document requires comprehensive formatting. | | Below 50 | Needs Work. Significant formatting gaps. Formatly will address all issues. | ## How Formatly Improves Your Score When you process a document through Formatly, the engine corrects every formatting issue it detects. After processing, your effective quality score is 100 for formatting compliance and citation accuracy. ## Using the Score ### Before Submission Use the quality score to assess whether your document is ready for submission. A score below 70 indicates formatting work is needed. ### Learning Tool Track your score improvement over time as you learn formatting rules. Users who review tracked changes typically see score improvements on subsequent documents. ### Instructor Feedback Share your quality score with instructors to demonstrate your commitment to formatting compliance. ## Getting Your Score The Document Quality Score is available in the formatting report that accompanies every Formatly-processed document. It's also displayed in your Formatly dashboard for all processed documents.