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?

Rank realistic journals by scope, article type, PubMed/MEDLINE status, reported decision speed, and the priorities that matter to you.

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)

AbstractYour full abstract stays in your browser. ScholarRounds sends only a short set of derived search terms to Europe PMC to identify similar published articles.

What matters most?Select any priorities to tailor the ranking.

Scope fitFaster decisionsMEDLINE indexedOpen access

ScholarRounds excludes journals that are not verified to accept the selected manuscript type, infers the clinical field from your title and abstract, checks recent similar publications, and surfaces active calls or special collections when they match. If evidence is weak, it will say so rather than force a recommendation.

Built for trust

Know what the data can — and cannot — tell you.

ScholarRounds separates what is known from what is not. A missing first-decision time stays “not reported” instead of being replaced with an unrelated publication metric.

15curated launch journals

5MEDLINE-indexed launch titles

100%core matcher free in beta

0paid ranking placements

The launch dataset is intentionally small. It will expand specialty by specialty with source links and a last-verified date.