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Process Flow Charts for Research Projects
The sequences drawn out: what happens in what order, who decides at each point, and where a project most often stalls. This library is now complete: every item below is published and free to read, with the standard it is built to and the date that standard was read stated on the item itself.
Each item names the standard it is built to and the date that standard was read.
The library
Planned contents of the library
The library is published as a developing collection rather than a finished one, because advance knowledge of forthcoming items is more useful than a page that appears only when complete. A request for a specific item advances its position in the production queue.
Filters
Peer review and revision cycle
The major and minor revision paths, what each round is deciding, and when a further round stops adding anything.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 7 minBy Pubrica Academyrevision cyclemajor revision meaningresponse letterpoint by point responsepeer review roundsResponse to reviewersAcademic publishingFlow chartResearch Data Analytics & AIPRISMA 2020AvailablePRISMA study selection flow
Identification, screening and inclusion, with the counts at each stage and where records disappear unrecorded.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 8 minBy Pubrica AcademyPRISMA flow diagramsystematic review flowPRISMA 2020study selection diagramscreening flow chartSystematic reviewFlow chartResearch WritingICH E3AvailableRegulatory document sequence
Protocol, analysis plan, study report and clinical overview, and which depends on which being finished first.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 8 minBy Pubrica Academyclinical study reportICH E3clinical overviewICH M4ECTD structureregulatory document sequenceRegulatory writingPharmaceuticalFlow chartResearch PublicationAvailableSubmission to first decision
What happens between upload and decision, who touches the manuscript, and the two places weeks are usually lost.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 7 minBy Pubrica Academysubmission to decisionpeer review timelineunder review meaningeditorial decision stagesmanuscript statusJournal submissionAcademic publishingFlow chartResearch Data Analytics & AIPRISMA 2020AvailableSystematic review, protocol to publication
Registration through to submission, marking the steps that cannot be reordered without invalidating what follows.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 9 minBy Pubrica Academysystematic review processsystematic review stepsPROSPERO registrationreview protocolPRISMA pipelineSystematic reviewHow these are built
Citation of a standard and date in each chart
A template or flow chart encodes a rule, and rules change. Any item that depends on a reporting guideline, a funder policy or a publisher requirement states the edition on which it was based and the date on which that edition was consulted, so that its currency can be assessed before it is relied upon.
The four rules
The other libraries
Categories served by the library
The same material is organized in two ways: by resource type and by subject.
Elsewhere in Academy
Prioritisation of forthcoming items
The production queue is determined by user requests; an item that is requested moves up the queue.