Manusights research publishing library
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Start a project
Start and organize a research project
Use these before the project becomes difficult to retrace: plan the literature search, organize citations, and decide how research data will be managed.
3 resources
Build a Literature Search Strategy
Turn a research question into concepts, search terms, database queries, and a documented search log.
Search worksheet Open resource
Organize Citations and References
Choose a citation manager, build a reliable source library, remove duplicates, collaborate, and verify the final bibliography.
Workflow and checklist Open resource
Write a Research Data Management Plan
Plan files, documentation, storage, security, access, sharing, preservation, costs, and team responsibilities.
Planning checklist Open resource
Prepare a paper
Prepare and submit a paper
Use these when you have a draft and need to turn it into a complete, journal-ready submission.
5 resources
Research Manuscript Submission Checklist
Run 42 final checks across journal fit, reporting, methods, ethics, data, references, accessibility, and submission files.
Checklist with PDF and DOCX Open resource
Find the Right Reporting Guideline
Choose among CONSORT, PRISMA, STROBE, ARRIVE, and other frameworks based on your study design.
Decision guide Open resource
Check Journal Submission Requirements
Compare word limits, abstract formats, figure caps, reference limits, and supplementary-file rules.
Reference table Open resource
Write a Journal Cover Letter
Build a concise cover letter with a practical structure, examples, and journal-specific considerations.
Writing guide Open resource
Understand Desk Rejection Risk
Learn the recurring reasons editors stop manuscripts before peer review and what you can check before submission.
Research report Open resource
Choose a journal
Choose and evaluate a journal
Use several signals together to build a realistic shortlist and check whether each journal is credible and appropriate.
6 resources
Explore the Journal Intelligence Dataset
Compare selectivity posture, review timing, requirements, and editorial-fit notes across biomedical journals.
Dataset with CSV and JSON Open resource
Compare Journal Acceptance Rates
Review sourced, source-labeled acceptance-rate ranges by journal and field without treating estimates as guarantees.
Benchmark dataset Open resource
Compare Peer Review Timelines
Estimate how long desk decisions and first decisions after review may take at different journals.
Timeline dataset Open resource
Understand Journal Impact Factor
Learn what impact factor measures, what it misses, and why comparisons across fields can mislead.
Metrics guide Open resource
Use Journal Metrics Responsibly
Compare CiteScore, SJR, Eigenfactor, h-index, and altmetrics without reducing quality to one number.
Metrics guide Open resource
Check Whether a Journal Is Trustworthy
Work through warning signs and verification steps before sending your manuscript or paying a fee.
Evaluation checklist Open resource
Respond to review
Navigate peer review and revision
Understand what happens after submission, respond constructively, and make the next revision or response clear.
3 resources
Learn How Peer Review Works
Follow the process from submission to decision and compare single-blind, double-blind, and open review.
Process guide Open resource
Respond to Reviewer Comments
Organize a point-by-point response, handle disagreements, and write a letter an editor can follow.
Response guide Open resource
Write a Useful Peer Review
Structure a fair review, manage conflicts of interest, and understand what editors need from reviewers.
Reviewer guide Open resource
Funding and career
Find funding and build your research career
Use these guides for graduate fellowships, postdoctoral awards, academic applications, and research career skills.
6 resources
Apply for an NIH F31 Fellowship
Review eligibility, application components, scoring, timelines, and common mistakes for PhD applicants.
Funding guide Open resource
Apply for the NSF GRFP
Understand eligibility, Intellectual Merit, Broader Impacts, and the main application components.
Funding guide Open resource
Apply for an NIH F32 Fellowship
Review postdoctoral eligibility, stipend structure, application components, and training-plan expectations.
Funding guide Open resource
Plan an NIH K99/R00 Application
Understand the K99 and R00 phases, eligibility window, budget, review criteria, and application strategy.
Funding guide Open resource
Write an Academic Scientific CV
Organize publications, research experience, teaching, awards, and service for your career stage.
Career guide Open resource
Write an Academic Research Statement
Connect your past work, future program, and research direction in a document hiring committees can follow.
Career guide Open resource
Run a paper check
Run a focused check on your paper
Use one of these free browser checks when you need a quick answer about journal fit, reference integrity, or citation support.
3 resources
Journal Fit Predictor
Find journals that fit a title and abstract, with scope reasoning and practical strengthening notes.
Free browser tool Open resource
Reference Checker
Check a bibliography for missing references, retractions, and evidence that a cited record exists.
Free browser tool Open resource
Citation Claim Checker
Check whether a cited paper supports the sentence attached to it.
Free browser tool Open resource
Methods and workflows
Strengthen methods, references, and research workflows
Use these resources when you need practical help with statistics, references, journal fit, or responsible tool use.
3 resources
Find Statistical Resources
Start with test selection, power analysis, common reporting problems, and statistical software options.
Methods guide Open resource
Choose AI Tools for Research Carefully
Compare research tools by workflow stage, then keep source verification and disclosure decisions visible in the work.
Tool guide Open resource
Plan a Systematic Review
Move from protocol and registration to searching, screening, risk of bias, certainty, and PRISMA reporting.
Methods guide Open resource
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