Reviewed reference collection
Evidence and working files for decisions researchers repeat.
This shelf brings together the Manusights resources with the clearest evidence boundaries, reusable files, maintenance records, and repeatable jobs. Open the resource, inspect its limits, and reuse only what fits your decision.
Reviewed resources
11
Decision shelves
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Verify journal instructions and evidence
Use these when a submission decision depends on the exact publisher rule, source location, or evidence definition.
Open dataset / comparison tool
Journal Requirements Observatory
A maintained 21-journal pilot comparing package-changing requirements, with official evidence, versioned data, a comparison tool, and a tagged teaching kit.
Use it for
Author support, research instruction, submission planning
Open resource
Open study / evidence dataset
Journal Submission Source Map
A versioned 30-journal study tracing six submission decisions across 90 dated official source surfaces, with evidence packs, open data, citation files, and reusable views.
Use it for
Library guides, publishing instruction, research-support training
Open resource
Open dataset / workbook
Journal outcomes dataset (2026 edition)
Measured acceptance times for 108 journals, publisher-reported acceptance rates and decision times, and article-type submission requirements, with CSV and JSON downloads, a codebook and a five-page workbook.
Use it for
Lab guides, libraries, journal-choice resources, GitHub references
Open resource
Open reference dataset
Journal Submission Specs
A source-backed comparison of article-specific requirements across eight journals, with rule strength, exclusions, stage and source location. The dated CSV and JSON records carry the three journals whose publishers' terms permit reuse.
Use it for
Department resources, author instructions roundups
Open resource
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Prepare and check a manuscript
Use these to select a reporting route, record final checks, or examine the decisions that shape editorial screening.
Open checklist / teaching resource
Research Manuscript Submission Checklist
A free, multidisciplinary 42-point checklist with direct PDF and DOCX downloads, primary-source links, and open reuse terms.
Use it for
LibGuides, workshops, writing support, final author sign-off
Open resource
Open selector / teaching aid
Reporting Guidelines
A study-design selector with 14 source-linked reporting routes, a filtered export and a one-page landscape PDF.
Use it for
Methods support pages, library guides, coursework
Open resource
Open synthesis / author workbook
Desk Rejection Report
A source-traced six-decision editorial screening map with a tagged workbook, versioned JSON, explicit journal-model differences, and no invented rejection-rate estimates.
Use it for
Lab onboarding, writing support, manuscript-preparation instruction
Open resource
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Interpret benchmarks and research integrity
Use these for bounded journal comparisons and a transparent study of retracted or corrected references in recent biomedical papers.
Dataset / reference table
Peer Review Timelines by Journal
Median submission-to-acceptance times for research articles, measured from PubMed history dates, with first-decision times tagged by source.
Use it for
Lab sites, researcher newsletters, workflow roundups
Open resource
Open study / research brief
Retracted Citation Study
An original 12,402-paper research-integrity study with transparent methods, explicit limitations, a designed four-page brief, open journal-level data, and ready-to-use citations.
Use it for
Research-integrity guides, library instruction, methods teaching, editorial resources
Open resource
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Teach or implement researcher support
Use these to run a source-literacy lesson, choose resources for an institutional page, or audit how public support is surfaced.
Open teaching resource
Journal Source Literacy Teaching Kit
A source-linked case lesson with model answers, a tagged instructor guide, a tagged learner worksheet, syllabus copy, and CC BY 4.0 reuse terms.
Use it for
Graduate workshops, library instruction, lab onboarding
Open resource
Institutional implementation kit
Research Publishing Library Kit
A bounded institutional implementation kit with six flagship placements, a five-page adoption record, complete selection data, copyable listings, and explicit local-authority boundaries.
Use it for
LibGuides, writing centers, graduate programs, research offices
Open resource
Focused supporting guides
Use the smaller record when the question is narrower.
These guides solve one bounded task. They support the reviewed shelf without pretending to be comprehensive datasets or institutional standards.
Supporting journal decisions
Focused guides for interpreting metrics and preparing the writing that surrounds a journal submission.
Policies, compliance, and rights
Focused records for open-access routes, author rights, and data-sharing decisions.
Research practice and communication
Focused decision records for career evidence, preprints, and accountable AI use.
Choose the right entry point
A reference shelf is useful only when you know the question.
Start with the task finder for an undefined problem. Use the Library Kit when you are selecting resources for a LibGuide, workshop, graduate program, or research-support page.