Search 21 journals across 15 publishers. Each record names one package-changing instruction, links its official source, and shows when that source was checked.
Reviewed Aug 31, 2026. This pilot is not a complete directory or a submission-compliance check. Recheck the live publisher instructions before acting. Compare two journals when the distinction matters.
21 journals / one highlighted difference each
Search by journal, publisher, field, or requirement. The requirement text summarizes the cited publisher page; the type labels are Manusights classifications added for comparison.
American Physical Society
Prepare the PRX nontechnical Popular Summary and provide the research-data availability details required by Physical Review journals.
Checked against the PRX information-for-authors page.
Wiley
Include a data availability statement; the journal says it will cover Dryad archiving charges for published papers when authors use Dryad.
Checked against the journal author-guidelines page.
Springer Nature
Primary research manuscripts cannot use a presubmission enquiry; choose the correct content type and follow its separate formatting instructions.
Checked against the journal submission-guidelines collection.
Association for Computing Machinery
Submit a survey or tutorial: a long survey must organize recent results in a novel way that integrates and adds understanding, while a tutorial introduces the field for an inexpert audience.
Verified in a live rendered check of the official ACM Computing Surveys Author Guidelines, including the paper-type definitions and manuscript-preparation instructions.
Elsevier
Choose the correct disciplinary section and confirm that the work fits Heliyon's scientific scope; arts humanities and law are routed elsewhere.
Checked against the official journal page and its disciplinary routing.
Elsevier
Submit 3–5 highlights of no more than 85 characters each and a required data availability statement under Elsevier's Option C instructions.
Checked against the journal Guide for Authors.
Use this directory to spot the submission-specific difference. The publisher page remains the final source of truth.
Download and cite
The downloadable records preserve the official source, review date, verification status, and canonical guide owner. Cite the pilot as a dataset and keep its coverage caveat attached.
Manusights. (2026). Journal Requirements Observatory (Version 1.5) [Data set]. https://manusights.com/research/journal-requirements-observatory
CC BY 4.0 applies to the Manusights comparison and classifications. The Manusights classifications and comparative dataset are reusable with attribution. Publisher instructions, trademarks, and linked source content remain owned by their respective publishers.
Manusights open research
Use the asset that matches the question you are trying to answer. Each layer publishes its scope, evidence status, review date, and limitations.
Where do the official rules live?
Trace the journal, publisher, society, and policy pages an author must reconcile before submission.
Indexable, downloadable, versioned, and open for reuse under CC BY 4.0.
Trace the source pathsWhat changes from journal to journal?
Compare the package-changing requirement, official evidence, and verification status for each journal in the pilot.
Indexable, downloadable, and intentionally scoped as a pilot rather than a complete directory.
Current datasetCan researchers find support at their institution?
Audit the public support infrastructure that helps researchers move from literature search through publication.
Not indexed until independent review and the institutional correction window are complete. Downloadable and bounded to 50 nonrepresentative evidence profiles within the complete R1 universe.
Inspect the calibration studyMake this evidence useful
Use the study in a LibGuide or workshop, find the practical help for your own paper, or learn the underlying publishing workflow.
Evidence contract
The value is not the row count. It is the visible chain from an author’s decision to the publisher evidence behind it. We publish the uncertainty when a source cannot be fully accessed: 21 of 21 official pages were fully accessible at review.
We record the journal or publisher page that governs the requirement, not a third-party summary.
We isolate the instruction that changes what an author prepares, selects, declares, or submits.
Every record carries its source, review date, evidence status, and canonical Manusights guide.
What this can answer
Surface a popular summary, highlights file, data statement, or journal-specific structure before the upload begins.
Catch content-type, disciplinary-section, or presubmission restrictions that a generic checklist misses.
Go directly to the current publisher page instead of relying on an undated blog or a sibling journal’s rules.
Continue the workflow
Once the administrative requirements are clear, use the Free Readiness Scan to find evidence, fit, and presentation risks that can still stop the paper before peer review.
Verify before you act
Requirements comparisons show useful differences, but the current journal or publisher instruction governs the real submission. Use the Source Map to trace that source.
