About PaperRoute
Getting a paper published takes a lot more than writing it. There’s funding to win, ethics to clear and reviewers to answer. PaperRoute lays out every stage for your kind of study, so you always know where you are.
Know exactly what stage your paper is at, and what to do next.
Built by published researchers
We’re researchers and academics, and we’ve published plenty of papers between us. We’ve chased funding, sat through ethics boards and rewritten drafts for tough reviewers. PaperRoute is the guide we wish we’d had at the start.
Compare two study types
What each study asks of you
A systematic review and a clinical audit both end in a paper. They ask very different things of you, though. Hover the chart to compare.Tap the chart to compare.
Systematic review vs clinical audit
A systematic review means months of searching and screening. An audit is quicker and uses patient records, and you run it twice.
View as a table
| Area | Systematic review | Clinical audit |
|---|---|---|
| Literature searching | Very heavy | Light |
| Time to finish | Very heavy | Light |
| Statistics | Moderate | Light |
| Team size | Moderate | Light |
| Patient data | Very light | Heavy |
| Repeat cycles | Very light | Very heavy |