What it measures
Publicly discoverable support infrastructure, not research quality, prestige, or faculty performance.
2026 evidence previewProvisional, not a league table
Research support should be easy to find and use.
The Manusights Research Publishing Support Observatory maps how clearly U.S. R1 universities help researchers move from finding evidence to publishing trustworthy work.
How to read it
Start with the six dimension profiles and their official evidence. The composite is a secondary methodology check, not the product.
Why it is provisional
The evidence floor is complete, but independent second review and the institutional correction window have not happened yet.
Institution profile browser
See what support is publicly discoverable.
Reviewed institutions show their strongest public support dimensions and the official evidence behind every assessment. The remaining R1 institutions stay visible as awaiting review rather than receiving an inferred profile.
Showing 12 of 50 matching profiles
First-pass evidence profileSignal: FindabilitySignal: AccessTempe, AZ
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
ASU presents research and publishing support as one connected journey, with especially clear routes to consultations, publication strategy, and public-access compliance.
Standout signal: One coherent researcher-support entry point spanning project planning through dissemination.
First-pass evidence profileSignal: FindabilitySignal: AccessBoston, MA
Boston University
Boston University provides a solid research-help foundation with clear repository and open-publishing infrastructure.
Standout signal: OpenBU gives researchers a visible institutional route to preserve and share scholarship.
First-pass evidence profileSignal: FindabilitySignal: PublishingProvidence, RI
Brown University
Brown exposes a connected research-support journey with particularly strong publishing, rights, data, and consultation services.
Standout signal: A central hub routes researchers from evidence discovery through publication and preservation.
First-pass evidence profileSignal: Integrity and dataSignal: AccessPittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon is strongest in data-intensive and digital research support, backed by actionable consultation services.
Standout signal: Research-data support spans planning, active work, sharing, preservation, and compliance.
First-pass evidence profileSignal: Integrity and dataSignal: FindabilityCleveland, OH
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western offers credible data and librarian support, with the public research-publishing journey spread across units.
Standout signal: The research-data hub gives researchers a practical cross-campus route for stewardship and compliance.
First-pass evidence profileSignal: PublishingSignal: Integrity and dataNew York, NY
Columbia University in the City of New York
Columbia combines strong data stewardship with substantial open-scholarship and publishing infrastructure.
Standout signal: The Libraries support more than 30 open-access scholarly journals with publishing infrastructure and consultation.
First-pass evidence profileSignal: EvidenceSignal: FindabilityIthaca, NY
Cornell University
Cornell makes an unusually broad set of research-support services discoverable, including evidence synthesis and AI literacy in addition to publishing and copyright help.
Standout signal: Evidence synthesis and AI critical literacy are visible alongside conventional publishing support.
First-pass evidence profileSignal: FindabilitySignal: AccessDurham, NC
Duke University
Duke provides a mature distributed support system spanning discovery, data stewardship, publishing rights, and preservation.
Standout signal: Research-data and scholarly-communication services are both established and consultation-led.
First-pass evidence profileSignal: EvidenceSignal: Integrity and dataAtlanta, GA
Emory University
Emory combines robust data services with strong scholarly-communication support and direct expert access.
Standout signal: Publishing rights and data stewardship are both supported by identifiable specialist services.
First-pass evidence profileSignal: AccessSignal: FindabilityWashington, DC
Georgetown University
Georgetown offers dependable research and data support, with publishing help spread across multiple institutional units.
Standout signal: Library and research-office routes together cover both discovery and data-compliance needs.
First-pass evidence profileSignal: AccessSignal: FindabilityAtlanta, GA
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Georgia Tech provides an especially actionable research and data-support pathway, with room to strengthen manuscript-stage visibility.
Standout signal: Clear consultation and instruction routes connect researchers quickly to data and subject expertise.
First-pass evidence profileSignal: FindabilitySignal: AccessCambridge, MA
Harvard University
Harvard exposes a deep support network across research discovery, data, repositories, scholarly communication, and consultations, though the experience spans several university units.
Standout signal: A broad, well-connected infrastructure for data stewardship and sharing research outputs.
The evidence model
Six dimensions first. Composite second.
A missing public signal is not proof that a university offers no support. It means a researcher could not reliably discover that support through the reviewed official pages. Institutions can submit corrections before the full edition is released.
How profiles are verified
Official pages, explicit observations, correction history.
A weighted composite remains in the downloadable data so the method is reproducible, but profiles are not ordered or presented as a league table.
Findability and navigation
15 ptsA researcher can find a coherent support hub, subject expertise, and a clear route to help.
Literature search and evidence synthesis
15 ptsThe institution offers practical help with searching, evidence synthesis, citations, and research discovery.
Manuscript preparation and submission
20 ptsResearchers can find guidance for writing, reporting, publication strategy, and preparing work for submission.
Open access, copyright, and publishing
20 ptsPublic support covers publishing options, open access, rights, repositories, and author-cost questions.
Integrity, reproducibility, data, and AI
20 ptsResearchers can access data-management, reproducibility, research-integrity, and responsible-AI guidance.
Practical access and maintenance
10 ptsHelp is actionable through consultations, workshops, templates, accessible pages, and current maintenance.
Reuse and citation
Open data, with attribution.
Original Manusights assessments are released under CC BY 4.0. The R1 sampling frame is based on the Carnegie Classifications 2025 Research Activity Designations, whose source terms continue to apply to Carnegie-derived fields.
Manusights. (2026). Research Publishing Support Observatory: methodology calibration release. https://manusights.com/resources/research-publishing-support-index
Release discipline
No institution can buy a score.
Commercial relationships, product use, and sponsorship do not affect inclusion, evidence selection, scoring, correction handling, or recognition bands.
Version 2026.08-calibration-3 · Reviewed 2026-08-28
Manusights open research
One publishing system, three evidence layers
Use the asset that matches the question you are trying to answer. Each layer publishes its scope, evidence status, review date, and limitations.
- Layer 1Maintained public study
Where do the official rules live?
Journal Submission Source Map
Trace the journal, publisher, society, and policy pages an author must reconcile before submission.
- Coverage
- 30 journals · 90 official sources
- Version and review date
- v1.8 · reviewed 2026-08-28
Indexable, downloadable, versioned, and open for reuse under CC BY 4.0.
Trace the source paths - Layer 2Maintained public pilot
What changes from journal to journal?
Journal Requirements Observatory
Compare the package-changing requirement, official evidence, and verification status for each journal in the pilot.
- Coverage
- 21 journals · 15 publishers
- Version and review date
- v1.5 · reviewed 2026-08-31
Indexable, downloadable, and intentionally scoped as a pilot rather than a complete directory.
Compare the requirements - Layer 3You are here
Can researchers find support at their institution?
Research Publishing Support Observatory
Audit the public support infrastructure that helps researchers move from literature search through publication.
- Coverage
- 187 institutions · 50 first-pass audits
- Version and review date
- 2026.08-calibration-3 · reviewed 2026-08-28
Not indexed until independent review and the institutional correction window are complete.
Current dataset
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