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LitmapsManusights

A two-part editorial collaboration

Map the field. Test the claim. Choose the journal.

Litmaps and Manusights created two companion guides for one hard submission decision: what does your paper still contribute, and where does that contribution belong?

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The citation conversation
Litmaps
A Litmaps citation map showing research results and authors connected over time
A citation map is not proof of novelty. It shows you which papers your claim needs to survive.

Discover

Litmaps maps the papers, authors, and citation paths around your question.

Decide

Manusights turns the closest paper into a clearer claim and submission decision.

Act

Together, the guides carry the search through to a defensible journal shortlist.

The companion guides

Start with the field. Finish with the decision.

The two articles are designed to be read together. Neither treats a citation map, an impact factor, or an AI score as a substitute for scientific judgment.

Litmaps
Guide 01

Find the right journal conversation

Chasing impact factors vs. protecting your sanity: A new strategy for journal selection

Build a journal strategy around audience and fit, use citation mapping to surface journals beyond keyword search, and prepare three credible targets before the first submission.

Citation mappingJournal discoveryThree-target plan
Read the Litmaps guide
Manusights
Guide 02

Pressure-test what remains novel

From Literature Map to Submission Strategy: The Paper You Find Too Late

Compare the study closest to your manuscript, revise the contribution it weakens, and let the more defensible claim determine your figures, framing, and journal shortlist.

Claim comparisonNovelty boundariesSubmission strategy
Read the Manusights guide

One workflow, two perspectives

Let the literature change the paper.

The useful search is not the one that confirms the draft you already wrote. It is the one that makes the final claim more precise and the journal decision easier to defend.

  1. 01

    Map

    Start from the papers closest to your question and follow the citation conversation outward.

  2. 02

    Compare

    Put the most uncomfortable neighboring study beside your manuscript and name the real overlap.

  3. 03

    Reframe

    Replace the claim you hoped to make with the narrower contribution your evidence can defend.

  4. 04

    Choose

    Find the journal whose readers already care about that contribution and build a three-target plan.

About the collaboration

Two teams, two contributions, one shared workflow.

LitmapsManusights

Litmaps contributed the citation-mapping and journal-discovery workflow. Manusights contributed the manuscript-comparison and submission-strategy workflow. The result is an editorial collaboration, not a paid endorsement.

No payment was exchanged for this collaboration. Product descriptions were checked against official sources when the guides were published in September 2026.