Built for medical research

Turn a clinical question into a publishable project.

ScholarRounds guides medical students, residents, fellows, and researchers from idea and study design through manuscript preparation and journal selection.

Start a research project →Already have a manuscript? Find a journal →

✓ Free during beta✓ No account required✓ No paid journal rankings

SCHOLARROUNDS WORKFLOW

Question→Evidence→Study→Publication

Frame the questionObjective + testable hypothesis

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Explore noveltyBuild a reproducible PubMed search

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Design the studyChoose a defensible framework

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Publish strategicallyManuscript + journal + submission

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Start where you are

One research workflow. Three clear entry points.

You do not need to learn every tool at once. Choose the stage that matches your project and ScholarRounds will take you to the next useful step.

I have an idea

Turn a clinical observation into a focused question, test novelty, and choose a defensible study design.

Start with my idea →

I have a project or manuscript

Use structured writing and reporting tools to move an active project toward a submission-ready manuscript.

Work on my manuscript →

I need a journal

Match a finished manuscript to realistic journals using scope, indexing, article type, and reported decision metrics.

Find a journal →

Journal Finder · live beta

Already have a manuscript?

Upload a manuscript or enter a title and abstract. ScholarRounds finds journals from publication precedent, then lets you filter by practical submission requirements without changing scientific-fit rank.

Fastest way to startUpload your manuscriptDOCX, PDF, TXT, or Markdown · up to 3 MB · processed transiently

Upload manuscript

Do not upload PHI or direct patient identifiers. ScholarRounds sends the file to its serverless parser for this analysis and does not intentionally store the manuscript file.

Manuscript title

Primary field (optional)Auto-detect is recommended. Your field is used as supporting context, not as a substitute for manuscript content.

Manuscript type

Need a decision / publication by (optional)

AbstractYou can edit the extracted title and abstract before searching. Journal matching sends the title and abstract to ScholarRounds’ research APIs; the uploaded manuscript file itself is used only by the manuscript parser/analyzer.

Refine results (optional)These are strict filters applied after scientific matching. They never increase or decrease a journal’s scientific-fit rank.

$0Free to publishVerified no-fee routeMMEDLINEIndexed in MEDLINEOAFully open accessNot hybrid-only≤60Faster decisionVerified ≤60 days

Scientific fit comes from publication precedent, current article-type policy, and manuscript content. Cost, indexing, open-access model, and decision-time controls are optional filters applied after matching.

Built for trust

Search broadly. Show the evidence.

ScholarRounds uses publication precedent plus semantic literature similarity to discover candidate journals, then layers current policy, indexing, cost, timing, and editorial-opportunity data on top.

PubMedarticle-type precedent first

PMIDlinks for supporting similar articles

Costshown separately from scientific fit

0paid ranking placements

Journal fit is ranked independently of publication cost and convenience filters. APCs, free publication routes, indexing, timing, and access conditions are displayed separately when verified.