Research-backed guides to optimising your paper's title, abstract, keywords, and metadata for maximum discoverability on Google Scholar, PubMed, and AI search engines.
Your paper is on Google Scholar, but when someone searches your topic, your competitor's paper appears first. Here's what the ranking algorithm weighs and what you can control.
Core Academic SEOA step-by-step checklist for optimising your research paper's discoverability — from title and abstract keywords to preprint posting and Google Scholar profile setup.
Metadata & TechnicalYour ResearchGate profile has reads but not enough. Learn how the algorithm works, how to optimise your profile and publications, and cross-platform strategies that compound visibility.
Original ResearchOriginal PubMed data: clinical relevance language was the strongest predictor of citations. Structured abstracts showed no advantage. Data on length, readability, and quantitative content.
Original ResearchOriginal PubMed data analysis: declarative titles have 3.5x the median citations. Data on title length, structure type, gene names, and methodology keywords across 423 papers.
Core Academic SEOWhat academic search engine optimisation is, why it matters, and how to make your research discoverable across Google Scholar, PubMed, and AI search engines.
Google ScholarThe confirmed and suspected factors that determine where your paper ranks in Google Scholar search results.
Citations & ImpactA diagnostic guide to the most common reasons research papers fail to accumulate citations — and how to fix each one.
AI Search & DiscoveryHow AI search engines select which papers to cite, and what you can do to make your research AI-citation-ready.
Title & AbstractWhat the evidence says about how your paper's title affects citation count, discoverability, and Google Scholar ranking.
Title & AbstractA practical framework for writing abstracts that rank higher in academic search engines.
Preprint StrategyHow to optimise your bioRxiv or medRxiv preprint for maximum discoverability before journal publication.
Google ScholarWhat Google's new AI-powered Scholar Labs means for how your papers are discovered and surfaced.
Metadata & TechnicalWhy figure captions are an overlooked SEO opportunity and how to write them for discoverability.
Readability & Plain LanguageEvidence that plain language summaries increase views and citations, plus a step-by-step writing framework.
Career & TenureA strategic guide to maximising citation impact during the postdoc years, when every paper counts.
Competitor GapWhy language editing and search optimisation are complementary but different services.
Citations & ImpactA balanced analysis of the evidence for and against the open access citation advantage.
Google ScholarStep-by-step guide to setting up and optimising your Google Scholar profile.
Readability & Plain LanguageWhat the evidence says about the relationship between readability and citation count.
Career & TenureWhy journal impact factor is an incomplete measure and what alternative metrics tenure committees actually value.