Journal preparation guides
Practical guidance tied to current journal instructions, with the source linked so authors can verify every requirement.
PLOS Climate · 7 min
A source-backed final-pass guide for placing PLOS Climate figures, tables, captions, and supporting information in the correct manuscript or upload location.
Read guideActa Humanitarica Academiae Saulensis · 7 min
A source-backed final-pass guide for separating author information from an Acta humanitarica academiae Saulensis blind-review manuscript and cleaning Word file properties.
Read guideScientific Drilling (SD) · 8 min
A source-backed final-pass guide for aligning a Scientific Drilling review PDF, portal abstract, short summary, supplement, and availability statements.
Read guideJMIR Serious Games · 7 min
A source-backed final-pass guide for aligning a JMIR Serious Games manuscript, reporting checklist, multimedia appendix, cover letter, and submission files.
Read guideConservar Património · 7 min
A source-backed checklist for separate figure files, numbering, resolution, captions, multi-part images, and third-party permission paperwork.
Read guideBusiness, Management and Economics Engineering · 7 min
A source-backed BMEE checklist for editable equations and tables, figure resolution, captions, numbering, and final export review.
Read guidePLOS Genetics · 7 min
A source-backed checklist for separating the PLOS Genetics initial review PDF, supporting information, cover letter, and portal declarations.
Read guideABC Imagem Cardiovascular · 6 min
A source-backed checklist for separating the ABC Imagem Cardiovascular title page, blinded main document, figures, forms, cover letter, and supplements.
Read guideEarth System Science Data (ESSD) · 7 min
A source-backed checklist for assembling an Earth System Science Data review PDF, data and code records, short summary, and supplementary material.
Read guideGraduate Medical Education Research Journal · 7 min
A source-backed checklist for separating the main manuscript, editable tables, figure files, cover letter, and supplemental material before a GMERJ submission.
Read guideInteractive Journal of Medical Research · 7 min
A source-backed checklist for the declarations, data availability, contributions, appendices, and references that follow the Discussion in an IJMR Original Paper.
Read guideBusiness Review · 8 min
A source-backed final check for Business Review author details, blinded files, abstract, keywords, JEL codes, figures, and references.
Read guidePLOS Computational Biology · 7 min
A source-backed checklist for keeping the nontechnical Author Summary distinct from the scientific abstract before submission.
Read guideFrontiers in Adolescent Medicine · 8 min
A source-backed checklist for the abstract, headings, word counts, source files, alt text, and review formatting before submission.
Read guideThe Cryosphere (TC) · 7 min
A source-backed checklist for organizing The Cryosphere data and code availability statements, appendices, supplements, and review files.
Read guideScientific Reports · 6 min
A source-backed checklist for matching Scientific Reports figure callouts, legends, panel files, and editable main-document tables before submission.
Read guidePLOS ONE · 7 min
A practical check for reconciling PLOS ONE titles, author names, affiliations, corresponding-author details, contributions, and abstract fields before upload.
Read guidePLOS ONE · 6 min
A practical final-pass checklist for aligning a PLOS ONE Data Availability Statement with repository records, dataset identifiers, manuscript citations, and Supporting Information.
Read guideNature Medicine · 6 min
A source-backed checklist for explaining importance and fit, disclosing related manuscripts, and preparing a Nature Medicine cover letter.
Read guideIEEE Access · 6 min
A source-backed IEEE Access check for matching the editable manuscript and PDF, reconciling author details, and preparing the upload package.
Read guideNature Medicine · 6 min
A source-backed guide to Nature Medicine's flexible initial-formatting policy, accepted file types, and a practical review-copy check before upload.
Read guideFrontiers in Education · 7 min
A source-backed check for Frontiers in Education figure order, captions, image files, editable tables, supplementary material, and alt text.
Read guideScientific Reports · 6 min
A practical, source-backed check of the manuscript sections, declarations, figures, supplementary files, and cover letter to prepare before a first Scientific Reports submission.
Read guidePLOS ONE · 6 min
A practical, source-backed guide to PLOS ONE figure files, caption placement, table placement, and numbering checks.
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