Research guidance for PhD scholars in India
Review, training and journal guidance with clear, realistic timelines
You do the research and the writing. We match you with a reviewer from your own subject who reads your chapters and papers, checks your statistics and code, and prepares you for the viva. Before you pay anything, you get the scope in writing and a fixed quote. Our timelines are planned as per how peer review actually works at journals.
- A reviewer from your own subject area
- Similarity report sent along with each draft
- Journal indexing checked live on Scopus and Web of Science
- Quote is fixed and agreed before work starts
Peer review takes 3–8 months.From the first conversation itself, we plan your timeline keeping this in mind.
- Usual peer review time at a Scopus or SCIE journal, and our plan allows for it
- 3–8 months
- journal we suggest is checked on Scopus or Web of Science first, on the day we suggest it
- Every
- Time we take to reply to a consultation request, on working days
- 1 day
- Journal checks. Send us the journal name and we will verify the indexing
- Free
Services
Everything a PhD needs, one clear page each
22 services, kept in four groups. Each of these pages tell you exactly what is included and how we check the work. You will also find there how much time the job actually needs and how we arrive at the price.
Thesis & proposal
- Thesis Chapter Review and FeedbackYou write the chapters. A reviewer from your field reads each one and tells you what an examiner will question.
- Thesis Editing and ProofreadingTracked-changes editing for language, consistency and format — you stay the author of every sentence.
- Thesis Formatting to University GuidelinesYour finished thesis laid out to your university’s current template, with a checklist showing what was checked.
- Research Proposal and SynopsisA proposal that states a real gap, answerable objectives and a method your committee can approve.
- Research Topic and Gap SelectionA shortlist of topics with a documented gap, checked for feasibility before you commit years to one.
- Viva Voce PreparationPresentation review, a question bank built from your thesis, and a mock viva before the real one.
- PhD Admission GuidanceHelp choosing where to apply, checking eligibility, and preparing the proposal and interview.
Journals & submission
- Research Paper Review Before SubmissionYour draft, read by someone who publishes in your field, before a journal editor reads it.
- Journal Manuscript PreparationYour finished paper, formatted and checked against the target journal’s rules before a desk editor sees it.
- Scopus Journal Selection and Submission GuidanceA journal shortlist checked live on Scopus, your manuscript checked against its rules, and a realistic timeline.
- SCI / SCIE Journal Selection GuidanceTargeting SCIE journals properly: verified indexing, honest feedback on your manuscript, and help reading reviewer comments.
- Web of Science Journal SelectionWhich Web of Science index your university actually counts, and a journal checked against it.
- UGC CARE Journal ChecksJournal checks now the UGC-CARE list is gone, and clone-journal detection before you pay any fee.
- Responding to Reviewer CommentsWhat each reviewer is really asking, and feedback on your response letter before you send it.
Literature & methodology
- Literature Review Structuring and FeedbackA review that synthesises and argues toward your gap, rather than summarising paper after paper.
- Systematic Review GuidanceYou run the review. We check the protocol, the search, the screening and the synthesis at each step.
- Research Methodology ConsultingDesign, sampling, instruments and analysis plan checked before you collect data, while changes are still easy.
- Similarity Report Review and Citation RepairReading the report correctly, fixing citations, and feedback while you rework flagged passages yourself.
Data, statistics & code
- Statistics Training and Analysis Review (SPSS, R, AMOS, SmartPLS)Learn the right tests on your own data, run them yourself, and get your output and interpretation checked.
- Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Analysis GuidanceReview and guidance while you code, build themes and join the strands, with an audit trail your examiner can follow.
- MATLAB and Simulation GuidanceSessions and code review while you build your model, so you can run and explain every line of it.
- Python Training and Code ReviewSessions and code review while you build your experiments, so the code is yours and you can defend it.
Process
How it works
Before you make any payment, the scope is given to you in writing. Once we agree the price, it does not change.
Free consultation
A call or message with a specialist in your subject. We review your material and say plainly whether we are the right fit.
Written scope and quote
You get a written scope, a timeline and a fixed price. Work and payment begin once you agree to it.
Staged delivery
Work arrives in stages you review, each with a similarity report where text is involved. You pay stage by stage.
Revisions and hand-over
Revision rounds are included. At the end you get the final files, and an explanation of anything you’ll need to defend.
Why PhD Desk
How we work
There are four things we follow on every job. Each of them will stand up at your viva-voce and at the journal desk also.
Timelines
Realistic timelines, in writing
Review at an indexed journal takes months. Before you commit, we show you the actual timeline of the journal you are targeting.
Similarity
The similarity report, with every draft
We share the actual report from a standard checker with you. Every number in it, you can verify on your own.
Pricing
A fixed quote after we see your work
First we go through your material, and only after that we quote. The price is agreed before work starts, and later it does not go up.
Authorship
You stay the author
Our help is in structuring, checking and improving the work you have done. We also make sure you are able to defend each page of it.
Journal guidance
Getting a paper to the right journal, step by step
Most scholars need one or two indexed papers before they can submit. Where does all the time go then? Our side of the work finishes in some weeks. The journal’s side runs for months. In the table you can see each stage, and which of them good preparation can actually shorten.
Scopus
Elsevier’s database. Indian universities ask for Scopus more than any other index. We check a journal’s coverage live on Scopus Sources.
SCIE
Clarivate’s Science Citation Index Expanded. In the sciences, these are the journals that have a Journal Impact Factor.
Web of Science
SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI. Ask your research cell which ones your university counts. Just seeing their logo on the journal website is not enough.
UGC CARE
UGC discontinued the list in 2025. Read what it means for the journals you are targeting now and how you can check them properly.
| Stage | Typical time | What good preparation changes |
|---|---|---|
| Journal selection and verification | 3–5 days | Keeps you away from clone journals, discontinued titles and scope mismatch |
| Manuscript preparation | 2–6 weeks | Reviewers get fewer weak points to pick on |
| Editorial screening | 1–4 weeks | Less chance of a desk rejection |
| Peer review | 2–6 months | Decided by the journal’s independent reviewers |
| Revisions | 2–6 weeks per round | Many times one round is enough instead of two or three |
| Production after acceptance | 2–8 weeks | Depends on the publisher’s schedule |
Resources
Free guides, written to be useful
Answers to the questions scholars really ask, and each guide carries a date and its sources. Reading is free and you don’t have to sign up.
How to spot a predatory journal
A checklist to run before you submit anywhere — and what to do if you’ve already submitted.
How long journal publication really takes
Stage-by-stage timelines for indexed journals, and how to check a journal that offers a fixed publication date.
Plagiarism limits for PhD theses in India
The UGC 2018 levels, what’s excluded from the count, and how to read your similarity report.
Anna University PhD thesis format
Preliminary pages, chapter structure, layout and a pre-submission checklist — dated, with sources.
Writing a research gap statement
The kinds of gap, a sentence pattern that works, and weak-versus-strong examples.
PhD timeline and milestones in India
Coursework to viva under the UGC 2022 regulations, year by year, with the usual sticking points.
Tools
Free tools for everyday PhD jobs
You can format a reference, check the ISSN of a journal, work out your sample size or plan the date of submission. Nobody is charging for them and there is no login. What you type in is not saved with us.
Citation generator
Paste a DOI and get a formatted reference in four styles, ready to copy or export to your reference manager.
Thesis template builder
A Word file with your university’s margins, fonts, spacing and page order already set, so you write instead of fighting the layout.
Journal checker
Test a journal’s ISSN and jump straight to the official records that show whether it is really indexed.
Sample size calculator
Cochran’s formula, the small-population correction and the regression rules of thumb, with every step shown so you can defend the number.
Our ethics
Support, not substitution
Your thesis has to be your own work. You will defend it in person, and your degree depends on it. The help we give is what a good guide, editor or statistician also gives. We read your drafts and comment, edit language in tracked changes, check your method and analysis, teach the software, and check the format.
We don’t write chapters, papers or response letters, and we don’t rewrite text to lower a similarity score. We keep your data exactly the way you collected it. Exams and the viva-voce, you take them yourself. When some request goes outside these limits, we tell you what we can do for you.
Scholars across India
Who we work with
Full-time and part-time PhD scholars from state, central and deemed universities across India come to us. Many of them are working professionals. Some are faculty members doing the doctorate along with their teaching load.
- Engineering & technology
- Computer science
- Management & commerce
- Life sciences
- Chemistry & physics
- Mathematics & statistics
- Social sciences
- Education
- Economics
- Nursing & allied health
- Pharmacy
- English & humanities
We follow the current regulations of your own university. Scholars ask us most about Anna University, VTU, JNTU and Bharathiar, so for these four we have written up the format rules in full.
- years guiding PhD scholars
- 10+
- scholars supported
- 1,500+
- countries served
- 25+
- research domains
- 12+
Is using a research support service ethical?
Yes, it can be, but that depends on what the service is doing for you. Taking help with structure, language, statistics and formatting is the same as working with an editor or a statistician. Many universities encourage such help also. If somebody else produces your research for you, that is not ethical. We stay on the support side of that line. Where exactly we stop, please see our ethics policy once.
Will you promise that my paper gets published?
No one can promise that in advance. In an indexed journal the peer reviewers decide, and they are independent of us. From our side we make your manuscript as strong as possible, and we help you choose a journal where it fits properly. Your chances improve because of these two things.
How much does it cost?
Cost depends on what you need and at what stage your work is. That is why we quote only after seeing your material. You get written scope and a fixed price before anything starts. Payment is in stages, as the work is delivered. SeeHow our pricing works.
Will my supervisor or university find out?
Your work is kept confidential and we speak only with you. Many scholars are open about taking this help, because scholars many times take this kind of help. Some universities want editorial or statistical help mentioned in the thesis acknowledgements. In case you want to add such an acknowledgement, we’ll help you with the wording.
Who will actually work on my thesis?
A reviewer from your own subject area works on it. We don’t hand it to a generalist. Before work starts you will know the reviewer’s field and qualifications, and you can talk to them directly also.
I’m not in Tamil Nadu. Can you still help?
Yes, we can. Almost all of our work is done over phone, video call, email and WhatsApp. Scholars from all over India work with us, and our advice is based on the regulations of your own university.
Is there a refund if I’m not satisfied?
Payment is in stages, so at no point you are paying much ahead of the work delivered. The scope we agree with you has revision rounds in it. Suppose we are not able to deliver what the scope says, then we refund the unfinished stage. Full details are there in our terms.
Tell us where you are. We’ll tell you clearly what you need.
The consultation is free, and it is with someone from your subject. We will discuss about your stage, your deadline and the rules of your university. If you don’t need us, we will tell you so.