Scientific Writing in English
Selected English resources for authors
Manuscript Preparation
How to prepare manuscripts, including tables and figures
Plagiarism Detection
iThenticate
iThenticate is the leading provider of professional plagiarism detection and prevention technology used worldwide by scholarly publishers and research departments to ensure the originality of written work before publication.
PlagScan
This is an entirely browser-based web service that verifies the authenticity of documents. Files can be uploaded in all standard file formats (MS Word, PDF and many more). Alternatively, users can paste text directly into PlagScan and check for authenticity.
Journal Selection
Tips for Selecting a Journal
By Edanz Group
Journal Selection Tools
Edanz Journal Selector
Enter your abstract or sample text, and the Journal Selector returns a list of journals that publish in related areas. You can refine your results based on the factors that matter to you, like publication frequency, Impact Factor or publishing model, including open access.
Springer Journal Suggester
More than 2,500 Springer and BioMed Central journals are searched to find relevant journals based on the manuscript details.
Elsevier Journal Finder
Simply insert the title and abstract and select the appropriate field-of-research for the best results. Elsevier Journal Finder uses smart search technology and field-of-research specific vocabularies to match the article to Elsevier journals.
Jane: Journal/Author Name Estimator
This is a freely available web-based application that, on the basis of a sample text (e.g., the title and abstract of a manuscript), can suggest journals and experts who have published similar articles.
LetPub Journal Finder
Find suitable SCI and SCIE journals in your scientific field.
Web of Science Manuscript Matcher
Find the most related journals for your theme.
Other Websites
Think. Check. Submit.?
This website provides an easy-to-use checklist that researchers can refer to when they are investigating whether a journal can be trusted.
Open Access Journals without Publication Fees
Selected journals with Impact Factor indexed in PubMed.
Journal Impact Factor Search Engine
Journal Impact Factor (IF) is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed to be more important than those with lower ones.
Recommended Journals
List of selected journals that have published articles by Geir Bjørklund & Co.
Delayed Open Access Journals
These are traditional subscription-based journals that provide free online access upon the expiry of an embargo period following the initial publication date (with the embargo length varying from a few months to two or more years). A journal subscription or an individual article purchase fee would be required to access the materials before this embargo period ends.
SCImago Journal & Country Rank
This is a portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.).
Medknow Publications
This is a publisher of peer-reviewed, online/print+online scholarly journals indexed with most international A&I databases. It provides immediate free access to the electronic editions of the journals majority of which do not charge the author or author’s institution for submission, processing or publication of the articles.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Database of open access publications
Chat with Elsevier Support Team
Journal article publishing support
Working with References
Formatting References
By Edanz Group
Journal Titles and Abbreviations
All that JAS
A collection of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations.
Biological Journals and Abbreviations
From the University of South Florida. The focus is on biological and medical journals.
CAS Source (CASSI) Source Tool
From Chemical Abstracts Service, CASSI is a free resource that can be used to quickly and easily look up or confirm publication titles and abbreviations in an accessible electronic format.
Genamics JournalSeek
This is the largest completely categorized database of freely available journal information available on the internet. Journal information includes the description (aims and scope), journal abbreviation, journal homepage link, subject category and ISSN.
ISI Journal Titles
If you need a list of the journals indexed by Web of Science or Current Contents, this is a useful resource. NOTE: The ISI’s abbreviations are quite “non-standard”.
NLM Catalog: Journals referenced in the NCBI Databases (PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine)
Enter the journal name, MEDLINE abbreviation, a word from the title, or ISSN. This database uses the “standard abbreviation”, as defined by ISSN and also used by BIOSIS and CASSI. The whole List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus (Pubmed) is also available in PDF format.
Find the Reference
Publication Search on ResearchGate
Advanced search is a quick and easy way to find and discover research, read abstracts in your field, or find a journal where you can publish your work.
WorldCat.org
WorldCat is the world’s most extensive library catalog, helping you find library materials online.
Publication Ethics
The Declaration of Helsinki (DoH)
DoH is a set of ethicals regarding human experimentation developed for the medical community by the World Medical Association.
Informed Consent: What Is It & How Do You Get It?
By Edanz Group
Overlapping Publications
The ICMJE recommendations
Figures: Permissions and Acceptable Reuse
By Edanz Group
Understanding Copyright
By Edanz Group
Copyright Clearance Center
The mission of the CCC is to make it easy for people to get, use and share content worldwide while protecting the interests of creators, publishers and other copyright holders.
Declaring Conflicts of Interest
By Edanz Group
The ICMJE Conflict of Interest form
This form is used by many journals.
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
COPE provides advice to editors and publishers on all aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct.
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
The ICMJE is a small working group of general medical journal editors whose participants meet annually and fund their work on the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals.
The European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
EASE is an international community of individuals and associations from diverse backgrounds, linguistic traditions and professional experience in science communication and editing.
CONSORT – CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials
The CONSORT Group is an international and eclectic group, comprising trialists, methodologists and medical journal editors.
STROBE Statement
STROBE stands for an international, collaborative initiative of epidemiologists, methodologists, statisticians, researchers and journal editors involved in the conduct and dissemination of observational studies, with the common aim of STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology. A growing number of biomedical journals is endorsing the STROBE Statement.
How is Sci-Hub Affecting Academic Publishing?
The “Pirate Bay of Science”. See also Wikipedia.
Retraction Watch
The most comprehensive database of retractions — free to use.
Peer Review
Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals: Guidelines for Good Practice
A book by Irene Hames; Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
Article Promotion
Get Noticed: Promoting your article for maximum interest
Elsevier, 2018
Promote Your Article Online!
Let the world know about your article on social media.