Guides for Getting Published

Practical answers to the problems that stall manuscripts: desk rejection, reference errors, reviewer comments and choosing a journal. Every guide links to a free tool you can use straight away.

All guides Getting published References and citations Writing and editing

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Meanwhile, the reference style guides and free tools below answer the questions we hear most.

Reference style guides

APA 7th edition

Reference examples and the rules researchers get wrong most often.

IEEE

Numbered references for engineering and computer science journals.

Vancouver

The numbered style most medical and health journals require.

FAQ

Prices, turnaround, confidentiality and how orders work.

Free tools

Reference Verifier

Check every DOI against CrossRef and catch fake or retracted references.

Citation Builder

Turn a DOI into APA 7, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver or BibTeX.

Journal Finder

Browse Scopus-indexed journals by subject, quartile and open access.