01Identify
The area and the niche topic
We sit with the researcher and pin the contribution. What is the field, what is the sub-field, and where is the specific opening this paper can defensibly own?
GDC Research
What we're
learning.
A boutique, exclusive advisory practice for researchers. We advise on topic, share databases and datasets, and support you to publish independently in peer-reviewed journals. We do not write your paper — we empower you to do your best work.
2,000+
Peer-reviewed journals in our database
128
Researchers served
98%
Publication success rate
5 mo
Average time to publish (down from 9)
Our three-fold strategy
From a defensible topic to a published paper — three deliberate stages.
02Evidence
Surveys, interviews, and literature review
We build the evidence base. Structured surveys, expert interviews, and a defensible literature review — the raw material that turns a topic into a manuscript.
03Publish
Journals, requirements, and citations
We match the manuscript to a target journal from our 2,000-journal database, prepare it against that journal's exact requirements, and use our in-house AI to arrange and convert citations across every major style.
Tools you get access to
The infrastructure quietly doing the heavy lifting.
2,000-journal database
Indexed by field, sub-field, indexing status, average time to first decision, and submission requirements.
AI citation engine
Arrange and convert citations across AMA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, MLA, and Vancouver — matched to the target journal's exact rules.
IRB & survey infrastructure
Templates and workflows drawn from 40,000+ survey reports and IRB applications completed for researchers we've served.
Journal-fit matching
Every manuscript is matched to a shortlist of journals where it can actually land — not a wishlist, a shortlist.