Videos
Short recorded walkthroughs for the things that are quicker to watch once than to read three times. 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
Scope of the library
The library is published as a list of forthcoming items rather than as a finished collection, because advance notice of planned content is more useful than a page that appears only when complete. Items that readers identify as immediately useful are moved up the production queue.
Filters
Building a reproducible search
An information specialist constructing a strategy from a question, narrating the decisions.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 8 minBy Pubrica Academyreproducible search strategysystematic review searchPICO search termsMeSH free text searchsearch documentationSystematic reviewVideoResearch WritingAvailablePreparing figures for production
Resolution, fonts and colour space, done once properly.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 7 minBy Pubrica Academyfigure production preparationfigure resolution DPIfont embedding figuresRGB vs CMYKfigure export settingsFigure and artwork preparationVideoResearch Data Analytics & AIAvailableReading a forest plot
What each element is, and the two things people most often misread.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 6 minBy Pubrica Academyreading a forest plotforest plot mistakesmeta-analysis interpretationnull line meaningforest plot weightMeta-analysisVideoResearch Data Analytics & AIPRISMA 2020AvailableRegistering a protocol on PROSPERO
The fields that cause the most rejections, filled in.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 7 minBy Pubrica AcademyPROSPERO registrationsystematic review registrationPROSPERO fieldsprotocol registration guidePROSPERO rejection reasonsSystematic reviewVideoResearch PublicationAvailableStructuring a rebuttal
A real comment set worked through from first read to finished letter.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 7 minBy Pubrica Academyrebuttal letter structureresponding to reviewerspeer review responsepoint by point rebuttaldisagreeing with a reviewerResponse to reviewersHow these are built
Edition and date statements for each item
Templates and flow charts encode rules, and such rules change. Each item that depends on a reporting guideline, a funder policy or a publisher requirement states the edition to which it was built and the date on which that edition was consulted, so that readers can determine whether it remains current before relying on it.
The four rules
The other libraries
Categories served by the library
The same material is organised in two ways: by resource type and by subject.
Elsewhere in Academy
Requests to prioritise forthcoming items
The production queue is determined by reader requests. Items identified as useful are moved up the queue.