How to Write an Academic Paper: A Section-by-Section Guide
Write the title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion and references of a research paper, then audit claims, citations and journal fit before submission.
Manuscript Pre-Submission Checklist: 20 Checks Before Journal Submission
Before uploading a research paper, review scope, methods, tables, citations, references, DOI records, retractions, ethics statements and target-journal identity.
How to Choose a Reputable Academic Journal: Indexing, Fees and Risk Checks
Evaluate scope, ISSN, Web of Science, Scopus/SJR, DOAJ, publication fees and explainable risk signals when choosing a reputable journal for your manuscript.
Usage Guide: Every Tool on the Platform (Printable PDF)
Step-by-step usage of every tool: bibliography check, citation verification, style conversion, journal finder & check, thesis/paper assistant, author search and the alert suite (citation, topic, retraction tracking). With a printable/PDF version.
Citation Verification: Does Your Paragraph Actually Support Its Source?
What is citation verification and how do you do it? Check whether each sentence in your text is actually backed by the source it cites — full / partial / unsupported / could-not-verify — by first verifying and correcting the bibliography, then getting a report with a corrected bibliography.
How to Do a Literature Review and Find a Research Gap
Step by step: how to scan the literature on a topic, map the field, and find a research gap. Surface the most-cited sources and reviews, read candidate gaps and data signals, and build your bibliography in one place.
Find Sources by Author: Add an Academic's Publications to Your Bibliography
Use the author-search tool to find a researcher's real publications in a specific field from OpenAlex, pick the right author by ORCID and institution, and add your selection to your bibliography in APA, IEEE, Vancouver or TÜBİTAK style.
How to Spot AI-Fabricated References (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek…)
Why do ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Copilot, Perplexity and other assistants invent fake academic sources? Six signs of a fabricated reference, how assistants differ, wrong DOI vs fabricated DOI, what to put in place of a fake source, and how to verify a bibliography in minutes.
What Is a DOI? How to Verify a DOI Number
What is a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), how do you read one, and how can you check whether a DOI is real? A step-by-step DOI verification guide.
APA 7 Reference Examples: Article, Book, Thesis and Web Page
APA 7th edition reference rules with ready-made examples for the most common source types: journal article, book, book chapter, thesis, web page and more.
How to Check References in a Thesis or Paper
A complete pre-submission checklist for reference checking: existence verification, format consistency, citation–reference matching and common mistakes.
How to Check Whether a Journal Is Indexed in Scopus
A “Scopus indexed” badge is not evidence. Verify coverage by ISSN against Elsevier's official source list, read the coverage years, and catch discontinued titles.
How to Check Web of Science Indexing: SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI
An “SCI indexed” claim very often means ESCI. Verify which Web of Science collection a journal belongs to using the Master Journal List, and avoid the hijacked-journal trap.
Journal Quartiles Explained: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 and the SJR–JCR Difference
The same journal can be Q1 in one list and Q3 in another. Learn to read which system, year and category a quartile belongs to — and how to spot a stale quartile.
How to Identify a Predatory Journal: Criteria, Not a Name List
There is no authoritative predatory-journal list — there are criteria. Decide using ISSN registration, DOAJ status, fee-versus-impact balance and hijacked-journal signals.