Consultancy for journals, institutions and research teams

Practical advice from people who run journals and publish research, for organisations that want to do both better.

Areas of consultancy

Launching a journal
Scope, editorial board, policies, platform and the steps to the first issue.
Journal development
Improving quality, workflows and readiness for indexing applications.
Editorial policy and ethics
Writing policies on peer review, authorship, conflicts and corrections.
Research design
Advice on study design, methodology and analysis plans before data collection.
Publication strategy
Planning which results to publish, where and when, for a group or a project.
Institutional programmes
Building research support and publishing services inside a university or hospital.

First conversation
A call to understand your goals, situation and timeline. There is no charge for this call.
Assessment
We review your journal, policies or project and identify what to improve.
Proposal
You receive a written plan with scope, deliverables, timeline and cost.
Delivery
We carry out the work with your team, with regular check-ins.
Follow-up
We review results with you and stay available as you put the changes into practice.

Tell us what you want to achieve and we’ll suggest how we can help.