Research preparation checklists
These checklists are starting points, not substitutes for journal instructions, institutional rules, or expert review.
Journal Selection Checklist
- Does the journal scope match the research question and article type?
- Are indexing or category requirements stated precisely and tied to a source and date?
- Have fees, policies, peer-review information, and author instructions been reviewed?
- Are journal claims verified using applicable official sources?
Manuscript Readiness Checklist
- Are methods and findings accurately reported?
- Are all authorship, ethics, funding, and conflict declarations complete?
- Do references support the cited statements and match journal style?
- Are figures, tables, supplementary files, and permissions ready?
Thesis Preparation Checklist
- Are current university formatting and submission rules available?
- Are chapter objectives, methods, results, and conclusions consistent?
- Are sources, tables, appendices, and permissions complete?
- Has the researcher checked their own work and supervisor requirements?
Research Proposal Checklist
- Is the problem and rationale clearly defined?
- Do questions, objectives, methods, and proposed analysis align?
- Are ethics, feasibility, access, and limitations considered?
- Are references genuine and verifiable?
Statistical Analysis Preparation Checklist
- Are the research questions, design, and variables defined?
- Is the dataset genuine and accompanied by a data dictionary?
- Are missingness, coding, assumptions, and ethics constraints documented?
- Are intended outputs and interpretation needs agreed?
See also the publication process and service directory.