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Clinical Research Services

Submission and journal selection

Deliverables include a journal verification report, pre-submission consistency checklist, decision letter analysis and recommendations for submission to another journal.

Clinicians and researchersSubmission, revision or a different journal
Journal verification report
3–5Candidate journals
For each journal
SevenVerification items
Verification records
Sources and datesClients can independently check every item

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Four deliverables and verification content

Journal verification report

Covers 3–5 candidate journals, each assessed against seven verification items. Every item includes a source link and search date so that clients can independently check it.

Pre-submission consistency checklist

Items are checked individually; failures specify the exact manuscript or submission system location (page, line or field name).

Decision letter analysis

Comments are numbered and classified, with an assessment of whether they can be addressed and the corresponding action. Items that cannot be addressed with the existing data are listed separately.

Recommendations for submission to another journal

Sets out options and rationale, additional analyses or materials needed, and the implications for time and cost.

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Journal verification report and scope

Journal verification report first-page sample
Figure 1Journal verification report first-page sampleSample illustration
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Illustrative first-page layout for a journal verification report.

When it applies
Submission, revision or a different journal
Deliverables
  • Journal verification report
  • Pre-submission consistency checklist
  • Decision letter analysis
  • Recommendations for submission to another journal
Timelines and pricing basis
Agreed in writing after manuscript assessment, depending on manuscript status and the number of candidate journals. No uniform turnaround is specified here.
Service boundaries
Cover letters and graphical abstract text can be commissioned together with writing and revision services.
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Internal research tools, open to researchers.

Journal record counts as of 2026-09-10.

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Reviewers and submission systems

Suggested reviewer format checks and conflict screening

Authors provide suggested reviewers and are responsible for conflicts of interest. We only check formatting and screen for conflicts (same institution, collaboration within the past five years and shared grants); we do not propose candidates or provide reviewer email addresses.

Submission system entry and guidance

If clients authorise us to enter information in a submission system, they provide the account. Authors personally sign the cover letter and all author declarations; we make no academic declarations as authors. Proxy data entry is agreed separately in the contract.

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Division of submission and writing services

Division of submission and writing services
Writing and revisionSubmission and journal selection

We provide full manuscript language editing, Methods section standardisation, cover letter drafting and point-by-point responses to reviewers.

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Deliverables include a journal verification report, pre-submission consistency checklist, decision letter analysis and recommendations for submission to another journal.

Cover letters and graphical abstract text can be commissioned together with writing and revision services.

Get started · Methodology assessment

Book a methodology assessment

After clients submit their research question, available data and intended outputs, our first response provides methodological feasibility feedback and a recommended package. Reply within 24 hours (business days first), measured in Beijing time; for requests submitted on non-business days, the clock starts at 09:00 on the next business day.

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