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Video abstracts have moved from a niche experiment to a mainstream promotional tool. Recent analyses show that articles with video abstracts are associated with higher views, increased Altmetric attention, and modest citation gains. This…

Most journals require abstracts that fit tight word limits commonly between about 150 and 350 words but the length and structure vary by discipline and publisher. Recent analyses show that abstract lengths have changed over time and that a…

High-quality figures accelerate peer review; poor artwork slows it down. Many publishers explicitly list artwork problems such as low resolution, incorrect aspect ratios, unclear labels, and embedded text issues as frequent causes of delays…

The arrival of powerful large language models (LLMs) has changed scholarly writing and posed new risks to research integrity. Evidence from large-scale studies suggests that a non-trivial share of recent biomedical abstracts show stylistic…

A bibliometric analysis of 10,558 original research articles published in five leading medical journals (NEJM, JAMA, Nature Medicine, The Lancet, and BMJ) between 2010 and 2019 found that corresponding-author affiliations came from only 77…

Failure to match a target journal’s citation style is a common, avoidable cause of desk rejection and unnecessary revision cycles. Editors and submission checklists routinely screen manuscripts for basic compliance with author guidelines,…

Manuscript formatting and citation errors are a frequent cause of avoidable delays during journal submission. Editors and author guidelines commonly flag incorrect citation style or noncompliance with manuscript layout as reasons for desk…

A surprising share of submissions are rejected at the editorial screening stage because of technical or formatting noncompliance - problems that often begin with inconsistent citations and reference lists. Recent publisher data and editor…

Every few years, scholarly publishing experiences a moment that quietly but decisively reshapes its future. 2025 marked an onset to that moment, marked by through a series of developments that collectively forced the publishing ecosystem to…

Open access (OA) journals and traditional publishers both aim to communicate rigorous research, but their manuscript-formatting expectations often diverge in ways that materially affect submission speed, peer review, and production. One…