Customized solutions to match your editorial needs
We have extensive experience in helping journals and editors evaluate and release new scientific articles quickly. We can supplement your existing editorial processes or provide complete support for your editors.
Our experienced staff have:
Evaluated over 30,000 manuscripts in preparation for peer review
Collected over 16,000 peer reviews for more than 11,000 manuscripts
Assisted journal editors in processing over 9,000 manuscripts
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Efficient and professional peer review management
We can rapidly evaluate new manuscripts and eliminate bottlenecks in the publication of manuscripts by identifying qualified peer reviewers across a broad range of disciplines. Our Research Quality Evaluations are a form-based peer review specifically designed to assess sound research. We examine all reviews for completeness before delivering them directly to your manuscript tracking system, on average within 2 weeks.
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We supplement your staff or provide full-service solutions
Author
submits manuscript
Research Square
performs initial checks to confirm suitability for review
Journal/Editor
decides whether to send for review
Research Square
coordinates a reviewer to evaluate for soundness and sends recommendations to the Journal/Editor
Journal/Editor
reviews the peer review and relays recommendations to the author
Author
makes necessary changes
Journal/Editor
reviews revised manuscript and sends to reviewer for second round of review
Research Square
coordinates a reviewer to evaluate readiness for acceptance and sends recommendations to the Journal/Editor
Journal/Editor
makes final decision about publication
"This was a very easy environment for performing peer review. I greatly appreciate the ability to perform a blinded review without needing to consider the scope of the journal or [the] impact of the journal. This really enabled me to focus on the work performed solely from the standpoint of scientific rigor. Thank you!"