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Submit your research

Zocto Research publishes clinical, translational and health-systems research with transparent review and open access by default.

  1. 1

    Prepare

    Format your manuscript per the author guidelines, prepare figures, and gather ORCID IDs for all authors.

  2. 2

    Choose a route

    Post a preprint for immediate visibility, submit to a Zocto journal for peer review, or do both.

  3. 3

    Editorial screening

    Editors check scope, ethics approvals, reporting standards and plagiarism within 5 working days.

  4. 4

    Peer review

    At least two independent reviewers assess methods, analysis and clinical relevance.

  5. 5

    Decision & revision

    Accept, minor revision, major revision or reject — with the full reviewer report shared with authors.

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    Publication

    Accepted articles are typeset, assigned a DOI, indexed and published open access.

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Sign in to open the submission portal. You can save drafts, add co-authors and declarations, submit for editorial screening, and follow every review round from your research desk.