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Table 2

Digital professional services dedicated to academic research

Phases of the publication process	Research activities to develop a scientific paper	Characteristics of digital professional services
Researching	Identifying the problem and the topic Reviewing literature Setting research questions and hypotheses Designing research methodologically (sample, if needed, data collection, data analysis) Presenting the results Discussing the results Providing (theoretical, practical, and social) implications Identifying limitations and future research lines to conclude the study	Websites where users can develop surveys Providers of datasets without a digital object identifier (DOI) or with a DOI (these last databases are typically more reliable, tested, and have already been used by other academics) Professionals who provide surveys entirely developed by them, create specific mailing list samples administrating questionnaires, or offer a complete statistical analysis of survey data including: −choosing the quantitative methodology −analyzing data with a specific statistical software −interpreting data −creating statistical reports Professional services that can select the right literature dedicated to the topic, writing the introduction and the literature review
Writing	Selecting the appropriate academic journal Reading the author guidelines Writing the manuscript Translating the manuscript into language required Proofreading the manuscript	Websites where authors can upload files using automatic real-time corrections Professionals who directly receive the manuscript file by the authors to check different technicalities such as grammar, style, presentation, references, basic calculations, and plagiarism Professionals who thoroughly read the manuscript from a typical academic standpoint, especially the structure and readability, to make it more readable, consistent, and academic
Submission and review	Writing the cover letter Preparing the files for submission according to the author guidelines Following the online submission procedure Following the steps of the review process	Services that can help the author in −selecting the right journal −rewording/rewriting the paper according to the journal guidelines −reducing word count More advanced services dedicated to −pre-submission peer reviewing −re-editing according to reviewers' comments
Publication	Reviewing the resulting proof before the paper is published in its final form Promoting the paper	Services that can market the published paper through selected media, social media, and dedicated mailing lists to increase scientific performance indicators such as the number of citations and h-index

Phases of the publication process	Research activities to develop a scientific paper	Characteristics of digital professional services
Researching	Identifying the problem and the topic Reviewing literature Setting research questions and hypotheses Designing research methodologically (sample, if needed, data collection, data analysis) Presenting the results Discussing the results Providing (theoretical, practical, and social) implications Identifying limitations and future research lines to conclude the study	Websites where users can develop surveys Providers of datasets without a digital object identifier (DOI) or with a DOI (these last databases are typically more reliable, tested, and have already been used by other academics) Professionals who provide surveys entirely developed by them, create specific mailing list samples administrating questionnaires, or offer a complete statistical analysis of survey data including: −choosing the quantitative methodology −analyzing data with a specific statistical software −interpreting data −creating statistical reports Professional services that can select the right literature dedicated to the topic, writing the introduction and the literature review
Writing	Selecting the appropriate academic journal Reading the author guidelines Writing the manuscript Translating the manuscript into language required Proofreading the manuscript	Websites where authors can upload files using automatic real-time corrections Professionals who directly receive the manuscript file by the authors to check different technicalities such as grammar, style, presentation, references, basic calculations, and plagiarism Professionals who thoroughly read the manuscript from a typical academic standpoint, especially the structure and readability, to make it more readable, consistent, and academic
Submission and review	Writing the cover letter Preparing the files for submission according to the author guidelines Following the online submission procedure Following the steps of the review process	Services that can help the author in −selecting the right journal −rewording/rewriting the paper according to the journal guidelines −reducing word count More advanced services dedicated to −pre-submission peer reviewing −re-editing according to reviewers' comments
Publication	Reviewing the resulting proof before the paper is published in its final form Promoting the paper	Services that can market the published paper through selected media, social media, and dedicated mailing lists to increase scientific performance indicators such as the number of citations and h-index