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A New Era of Neuroscience Manuscript Development

The only platform designed for neuroscientists to manage research manuscript development projects.

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  • Built by Scribendi and Edanz
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Weave Horizon in a browser on a laptop: the Identify Authors task list for a neuroinflammation project with the Weave AI chat panel beside it, and the project settings screen on a phone in front

Unique Features

Streamlined Project Management for Neuroscience Manuscripts

Explore features that streamline collaboration, support key decisions, and promote best practice.

  • Key Decision Tracker: a Gantt of the manuscript's open questions - who will be an author, what the overall story is, which journal to aim for - each with a duration and a percent complete
    Key Decision Tracker. Stay focused – Log, track, and review critical decisions and their rationale, ensuring alignment and clarity throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Journal Decision Management: the team's vote on where to submit, Nature Neuroscience at 75 percent against Journal of Neuroscience Research at 25, with each member's reasoning underneath
    Journal Decision Management. Get aligned quickly – Manage journal selection and publication decisions, ensuring stakeholder agreement and smooth progress throughout the (re)submission process.
  • Author Management: role cards for admin, editor, reviewer, contributor and viewer, each listing what that role can change and who holds it
    Author Information Management. No more manual collection - Streamline the collection and organization of author information, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
  • The CONSORT EQUATOR checklist open beside the calendar, its title and abstract section expanded to show the reporting item and an example
    EQUATOR Checklists. Never miss a guideline – Incorporate the right reporting guidelines into your manuscript development workflow.
  • A week of manuscript tasks on the calendar, each block timed and colour-coded, with the EQUATOR checklist docked at the right
    Manuscript Task Management. Visibility on who is doing what - Prioritize tasks, manage dependencies, and ensure that critical steps are completed in the correct order for smooth project progression.
  • The Manuscript Health Metrics tab: a health-records trend line over the year beside monthly bars, with heart-rate and stress readouts
    Manuscript Health Metrics. Identify problems before they happen – Real-time insights into progress help you identify project risks, ensuring timely intervention.
  • Browse all workspaces: a grid of manuscript workspaces, each with its description and the faces of the people working in it
    Manuscript Workspaces. All your projects in one place – Seamlessly manage multiple projects with different members.
Framework

Optimized Manuscript Development Framework

Expertly designed to simplify complex manuscript development into a smooth and intuitive workflow.

Select a stage to see its steps. The arrows show how stages feed into each other.

2 steps

Author Information Gathering

  1. Author Information Collection

    • Gather detailed contact information for all co-authors, including affiliations and ORCID IDs.
    • Use a standardized form to ensure completion of required fields (e.g., names, initials, research field, ORCID, affiliations, contact information, academic positions, keywords).
    • Optional fields may include mobile number, LinkedIn handle, X handle, profile photo, society memberships, etc.

  2. Managing COI (Conflict of Interest) and Funding Disclosures

    • Collect COI declarations from each author according to ICMJE standards.
    • Securely store COI documentation and provide reminders to keep it updated.
    • Gather details of all funding sources, documenting the role of funders for disclosure in the manuscript and submission system.
    • Confirm additional requirements from funders, such as open-access stipulations.
Optimize

Easy Author Collaboration and Contribution Management

Centralized tools to track and quantify author contributions, meeting best practice authorship guidelines.

  • Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT)
  • International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Authorship contributions matrix ticking project activities per author, a lead-author approval request, and a 27-task contribution donut chart

Features

Project Management Features
Redesigned for Researchers

Gain full visibility into your projects with tools designed to track progress, improve oversight, and keep you on schedule.

  • An activity record: each person's row with hours, deliveries and a work-performance breakdown, split across on duty, on hold and absence
    Audit Logs and Activity Tracking. Maintain a detailed record of all actions for full transparency, accountability, and easy tracking of project activity.
  • The notifications panel: follows, comments and dashboard invitations, each timestamped, filtered by mentions, comments and invites
    Notifications and Alerts. Receive real-time updates via platform, email, or SMS to stay on top of deadlines and changes.
  • A comment thread beside the manuscript, with an at-mention picking a co-author out of a list as the comment is typed
    Comments and Mentions. Streamline communication with comments and mentions to keep the right team members involved.
  • An analytics view: visitors per minute, conversion rate and bounce rate as trend cards above a larger chart and a most-visited breakdown
    Charts and Graphs. Use customizable charts, like Gantt charts, to track progress, manage tasks, and meet project milestones.
  • A week of the project calendar, Monday to Friday, with each meeting placed at its hour and colour-coded
    Calendars. Track deadlines and milestones with synced calendars to keep contributors aligned and on schedule.
  • Role and permission cards - admin, editor, reviewer, contributor and viewer - each stating what that role may change and showing who holds it
    User Management. Effortlessly manage user roles, permissions, and access with ease, ensuring full control and security across your platform.
  • A dashboard of totals - users, progress, feedback and pending items - over a sales trend chart and a deals table
    Customizable Dashboards. Tailor your dashboard to focus on the most relevant metrics and tools for your research.

Effortlessly Collaborate with Busy Colleagues

Seamlessly collaborate with your busy colleagues, no matter their location, role, or department. Effortlessly connect across time zones and functions to maximize productivity and streamline communication, ensuring everyone stays in sync and on target.

Five colleagues laughing together around a laptop in a bright office

  • Seamless Integration

    There's no need to learn a new platform or tool – everyone can work in their favorite tool.

  • Notifications and alerts

    Keep your boss in the loop on progress and check in on task status quickly and easily.

  • Feedback and approvals

    Request a review or get input easily by assigning a task from the dashboard – colleagues can reply in-email.

Expert Support Available at Every Step

Horizon connects researchers with expert professionals directly within the platform, allowing for comprehensive support throughout the manuscript development process.

  • Scientific content development
  • Publication strategy and optimization
  • Manuscript writing and editing
  • Submission process and responding to peer reviews

Research Consultant

Dr. Katherine Halievski

Neuroendocrinology

“Most manuscripts I see are one restructure away from being publishable. Getting the order of the argument right does more for a paper than another month of language editing ever will.”
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Answers about the Horizon platform and the upcoming beta.

What is Horizon?

Horizon is a project-management platform for neuroscience manuscripts. It brings decision tracking, journal decision management, authorship and contribution management, reporting-guideline checklists, and task management into one workspace, so teams can take a manuscript from planning to submission together.

Who is Horizon for?

Research teams developing neuroscience manuscripts: lead authors, co-authors, and the collaborators supporting them. Institutions and teams supporting many researchers can talk to us directly.

How is Horizon different from a general project-management tool?

Horizon is built around manuscript development itself: an optimized development framework, CRediT and ICMJE-aligned contribution tracking, journal decision management, EQUATOR reporting checklists, and manuscript health metrics. These are the things generic tools don't model.

Will my co-authors need to learn a new tool?

No. Colleagues can respond to reviews and approvals straight from email, and integrations with familiar tools mean everyone can keep working where they already do.

Is Horizon available now?

Weave is in development, with a beta on the way. Sign up and we'll reach out as spots open. Weave Stream, the literature-monitoring tool in the same ecosystem, is free and available today.

Can I get expert support inside Horizon?

Yes. Horizon connects researchers with expert professionals directly within the platform: scientific content development, publication strategy, manuscript writing and editing, and support through submission and peer review.

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