Full Review
The pre-submission read, on your own manuscript.
Upload a manuscript and get back what a reviewer would object to first: scope fit, the framing problems, the statistics a referee will stop on, and the references that will not survive a check. The free read tells you where the paper stands; the full review is the line-by-line version you act on.
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The free material that teaches the same skill. Read all of it without buying anything.
The Submission-Ready System
The full method, worked on your own paper one task at a time: from naming your contribution to reading the decision letter and writing the response.
Course 30 lessons 15 quick checks 50 min read Free
The desk rejection report
The editorial patterns that end a submission in four days without a reviewer ever reading it, and what top-tier journals screen for first.
Data Original analysis Free
Which reporting guideline fits your study
CONSORT for trials, PRISMA for reviews, STROBE for observational work, ARRIVE for animal research, and ten more, with how to tell which one you owe.
Guide Free
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How the free tools work
The data sources, models and rules behind the free tools, what each one checks, and what it cannot verify.
Tool Instant
The requirement that changes your submission package
The one requirement that differs per journal and quietly reshapes the package, each traced to the publisher page that states it, with evidence status and review dates.
Data Official sources Evidence-dated
Word, figure and reference limits for 57 journals
Word counts, figure and table limits, reference caps and abstract requirements, gathered from current author guidelines in one table.
Data 57 journals Free
The NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship
Eligibility, award amounts, every application component, how reviewers score it, and the mistakes that sink an otherwise strong application.
Guide Free
The NIH F32 postdoctoral fellowship
Eligibility, current stipend rates, the application components, and the strategy questions a postdoc has to answer before writing anything.
Guide Free
NIH K99/R00 independence transfer
Current routes, the postdoctoral research-experience clock, Forms-I limits, review criteria, and a portable K99-to-R00 transition worksheet.
Guide Free
NSF GRFP 2027 application control
Current NSF 26-526 eligibility, field deadlines, statement controls, reference tracking, review criteria, and a printable planning pack.
Guide Free PDF
Writing the cover letter, with examples
What editors actually read, what belongs in it, the mistakes that trigger a desk rejection on their own, and worked examples for different situations.
Guide Free
The 42-point submission checklist
Journal fit, reporting standards, authorship, ethics, evidence and accessibility, worked as a checklist you fill in rather than an article you read.
Guide Free No login
Open access route decision record
Choose the required manuscript version, repository, timing, license and funding route before paying a publication charge.
Guide Guide + PDF Free
Literature search strategy worksheet
Turning a research question into a documented, reproducible search, which is also what a systematic review will later require of you.
Guide Free No login
Author rights decision record
Review one work, version and intended use against the signed agreement, funder or institutional rights, repository policy, open license and third-party material.
Guide Guide + PDF Free
Scientific CV evidence architecture
Arrange scholarly evidence for the reader's decision, label publication status accurately and distinguish a CV from the current NIH biosketch.
Guide Guide + PDF Free
Faculty research statement evidence map
Control the posting, map contribution evidence, design a credible future programme and verify institution-specific fit.
Guide Guide + PDF Free
Research AI permission map
Choose the information boundary before the tool, then record accountable judgment, validation, reproducibility and disclosure.
Guide Guide + PDF Free
The biomedical publishing reference library
The curated index of everything above: desk rejection, submission readiness, journal benchmarks and the rest, in one place.
Collection Free
The academic publishing process
Preprints, publication ethics, why papers get rejected, the risks that appear at acceptance stage, and how the process fits together.
Collection Guide collection
Preparing the manuscript
Cover letters, figures, responding to reviewers, and the preparation decisions that are made long before submission.
Collection Guide collection
Desk rejection
What the editor screen actually catches, journal by journal, and the manuscript patterns that end a submission before review.
Collection Guide collection
Open access and APCs
What publishing open access costs, how to read a fee structure, and how to assess journal quality when the incentives run the other way.
Collection Guide collection
Research funding
Grant databases, funding pressure, and how publication strategy and funding strategy pull on each other.
Collection Guide collection
Read your paper the way an editor will
Upload a manuscript and get the desk-screen read for free: scope fit, the framing problems, and what a reviewer would object to first.
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