P eople won't read what they can' t read. Consequently, a high level of readability is required of all papers submitted for publication to ORSA and TIMS journals.
Submissions displaying too low a level of readability are in danger of summary rejection.
Rather, it means observing the basics of structure and presentation which one has usually learned in undergraduate English composition. It should also motivate the reader to continue. It should state the nature of the problem studied. It should outline the manuscript's major substantive contributions and organization in a way that promotes accessibility to casual as well as serious readers. Indeed, if there is nothing novel or instructional, in, say, a proof or line of mathematical reasoning, then one should seriously consider excising it in favor of a brief remark or relevant citation.