This article explains how to write an effective response to reviews letter or document for a revision decision on your manuscript.

The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has highlighted the issue of extreme self-citation as one key form of citation manipulation that journals, editors, and publishers should address.

The Charlesworth Group is delighted to announce that IFIS have selected the Charlesworth WeChat Account Management Service.    

Learn to manage an academic job interview to your advantage and maximise your chances of success.

Is getting someone else to write peer reviews for you unethical? This article discusses the practice of ghost peer review.

Early career researchers (ECRs) are typically unsure how to deal with peer review. Our resources and training can help.

The Charlesworth Group expands and strengthens its Senior Management team with the appointment of Jason De Boer and Yuchong Zhang. Jason joins as Business Development Director for Charlesworth Author Services and Yuchong takes up the newly created role of Sales Director for China. 

All academic researchers currently want to see their research published in the best possible journals, which means those with the highest impact factors (IFs).

Part of a series on navigating peer review, this article explains different aspects of making your initial submission.

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How long should you sit and wait after submission before checking with an editor about peer review? This article addresses this issue.

This article explains major revisions following peer review and how you can navigate them.

This article explains how to respond to minor comments received from a journal after peer review.

This article explains how to respond to peer review comments you disagree with in order to maximise your chances of acceptance.

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Is it possible to make changes to an article once it's been submitted to a journal? Not really. Authorship is also very hard to change.

It is important to acknowledge the people involved in compiling and writing your research. Many journals now require authors to acknowledge not only the authors who were involved in writing up the research, but also any individuals who contributed to the research in some way. These are know as authorship and contributorship. 

Many ECRs ask: What’s the difference between green and gold OA publishing? This article explains the difference between the two popular open access models.

Academic posters are widely used within the research community to quickly and clearly provide a visual explanation of research methodology and findings to the viewer.

Video abstracts are short 2-3 minute videos with voice-over that deliver the core message of your research output in a bite-sized, easily accessible format.