Guide for Authors
Free, practical guides to help researchers choose the right journal, prepare a clean submission and handle editor decisions with confidence. Each guide explains checks you can run yourself, using official sources rather than forwarded lists.
Choosing a journal
Start with fit and verified indexing, and learn to spot journals that are not what they claim to be.
How to Choose a Scopus Journal
A step-by-step process for building a short, reasoned shortlist: say what your paper adds, match the journal’s aims and recent papers, and confirm indexing yourself on official Scopus Sources. It also covers cost, timing and the bad signals that should rule a journal out early.
Read the guide →Scopus vs Web of Science
A plain comparison of the two databases and why your institution’s written rule decides which one matters for you. It shows how to verify each indexing claim on official sources before you shortlist.
Read the guide →Predatory Journal Warning Signs
The red flags to check before you submit, from guaranteed acceptance and payment before review to unverifiable indexing claims and spam invitations. It ends with a ten-minute check you can run on any journal.
Read the guide →Before you submit
Check the journal and your submission package before you upload anything.
Scopus Indexed Journal Readiness Checklist
A free checklist to confirm that a journal is legitimate, fits your paper and has a real indexing status. It walks you through verifying a title in Scopus Sources and in DOAJ.
Read the guide →Manuscript Submission Guidance
A pre-submit checklist for the final package: guidelines, title and abstract, figures, ethics statements, authorship, cover letter and supplementary files. It also lists the technical problems that most often slow a submission down.
Read the guide →After a decision
Turn a desk rejection, a major revision or a reject decision into a clear next step.
Why Research Papers Get Desk-Rejected
The frequent reasons editors stop a paper before peer review, including scope mismatch, a weak contribution statement and missing ethics or data statements. It explains what editors check on the first screen so you can fix problems before you submit.
Read the guide →How to Handle Major Revisions
How to read a major revision decision, sort must-fix requests from optional suggestions and write a clear point-by-point response letter. It also covers when to push back with evidence and how to plan your timeline.
Read the guide →How to Resubmit After Journal Rejection
An action plan after a reject decision: read the letter carefully, then choose between revising for the same journal, rewriting or moving to a new venue. It shows how to prepare an ethical resubmission package.
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