Before You Submit: The Peer Review + Journal Match Preflight
You’ve done the hard work: study designed, data analysed, a solid story taking shape. Now comes the moment that decides…
Desk Rejection: 7 Fixes to Clear the First Hurdle
If your manuscript never makes it to peer review, you’re not alone. Many journals issue a desk rejection during the…
How to Reply to Reviewer Comments: A Simple, Time-Saving Toolkit
For many researchers, replying to reviewer comments is tougher than writing the paper itself. The tone has to be polite…
12 Reasons Editors Reject Papers at First Look
Few moments are more disheartening for an author than receiving a desk rejection. Imagine investing months and years of effort…
Publish Negative Results — The Springer Nature Way
Springer Nature’s 2025 white paper puts hard numbers on a long-felt truth: researchers value negative/null results but rarely publish them.…
Peer Review in the AI Era: What Authors Should Do (and Avoid)
In context of invasion of research communication, invasion of AI has posed a serious issue to the publishers. Editors increasingly…
Desk Rejection to Minor Revisions: 5 Edits Reviewers Loved
Did you know? Between 30% and 70% of manuscripts face desk rejection before peer review. Getting published in a high-impact…
Free Checklist to Avoid Research Retractions: How It Now Impacts NIRF Rankings
Retractions Are No Longer Harmless — They Now Hit NIRF Rankings In June 2025, the Research Integrity Risk Index (RI²),…