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Academic tools

Free, no account needed, open and use. Every tool returns the specific next thing you have to do.

Your academic pathway

Where you stand, what to do, how long it takes, what it costs — and who can walk it with you.

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The whole picture 1 tools

Doctoral candidate progress log

Enter your enrolment date and tick off completed milestones — see where you are behind and when the next deadline falls.

Your profile 3 tools

Your research metrics

Enter an ORCID iD to see h-index, citations, journals and output by year.

Digital academic profile

A public profile page with its own link and metrics pulled from ORCID. You keep it current yourself.

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Where you stand in your field

Compare your position with the professors and associate professors in your field in the registry.

Methods 3 tools

Project tracker

Milestones, deliverables and budget — with a standard milestone template ready to go.

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Sample size calculator

How many people your survey or experiment needs — calculate before you collect.

Draft a research proposal

A proposal skeleton with a table linking each question to its data and analysis.

Academic titles 2 tools

Self-assess against professor and associate professor criteria

Enter your dossier, check it against each criterion and see what is still missing.

Convert publication credits

Estimate your publication credit range from the papers, books and patents you hold.

Data lookup 2 tools

Map of fields and institutions

Which fields cluster where, and which institutions are strong in what — built from the whole registry.

Compare two institutions

Put two institutions side by side: scholar counts, title structure, strongest fields.

Career 1 tools

Lecturer salary lookup

Choose a title rank and step to see salary and allowances at the current coefficients.

Publication 2 tools

Check a journal before you submit

Check the warning signs of a predatory journal. One wrong choice costs a year.

Search by name or ISSN to see the publisher, citation metrics and DOAJ status.

Academic writing 3 tools

Review your manuscript before submitting

Paste your manuscript to find long sentences, passive voice, vague wording and causal verbs.

Generate citations from a DOI

Paste a DOI to get citations in APA, IEEE, Vancouver and BibTeX.

Build a reference list

Paste a whole list of DOIs and get a complete reference list in the style you choose.

🤝 Once the tools have shown you the problem

Checking your own work with the tools is the first step. When you need a real person to read the manuscript, build the dossier or walk the whole stage with you, see the service pricing and the mentor list.

Service pricing Mentor list