Open Beta Nelview is now onboarding researchers across Africa & beyond. Join the beta peer review
Built for Research Excellence · Now in beta

Know your research is ready before they do.

Upload your manuscript, grant proposal or thesis proposal and get the honest, rigorous review you'd want from a great supervisor; in minutes, not months. Modelled on how real reviewers and editors actually judge research. Built in Africa, for researchers everywhere.

Free during beta · no credit card · your document is never stored
1,200+ researchers on the waitlist
Drop a hero photo: a researcher or student at work
Verifyingmethodology · statistics
Detecting document type
Journal match3 venues · 88% fit
Aligned with the standards researchers trust
DOAJCOPEORCIDZoteroMendeleyCrossRef
Drop a photo: a determined African researcher
1 in 2manuscripts are desk-rejected before peer review even begins.
The problem

Great research dies at the draft stage.

Across the world, brilliant work stalls; not for lack of ideas, but for lack of the review, mentorship and guidance that turn a draft into a published paper.

No structured peer reviewFew reliable, affordable ways to get rigorous feedback before submission.
Costly desk rejectsMonths lost to rejections that a pre-submission audit would have caught.
Predatory journalsHard to tell a legitimate venue from one that exploits authors.
Dependency on external systemsPublishing, review and visibility owned elsewhere, not by African research.
One platform

From your first draft to "accepted."

Nelview reads your work the way a real reviewer would: it helps you fix, format and verify, all in one place.

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Publication-ready
Methods ✓ Ethics ✓
AI Review Engine

Scores your work 0–100 on methodology, novelty, statistics and ethics, the way real journals judge research.

Introduction
Methodology
Results
Discussion
Document Editor

Structure-aware editing that evaluates section by section and shows exactly what needs fixing.

DOAJ✓ Verified
COPE✓ Compliant
Suspicious journal✗ Flagged
Journal Check

Verify legitimacy against DOAJ & COPE and catch predatory red flags before you waste a submission.

Osei et al., 2022 · Found
Missing DOI · 3 references
APA 7th · Auto-formatted
Mendeley sync · 42 refs
Citation Manager

Sync from Zotero & Mendeley, detect missing references, and auto-generate corrected formats in any style.

Nature✓ Ready
PLOS ONE✓ Ready
AJOL✓ Ready
Journal Formatter

Reshape your paper to any journal's exact guidelines, African or international, in seconds.

Manuscripts Grant proposals Thesis proposals Conference abstracts Human peer review Predatory journal detection Mentorship & funding
One universal scale

From reject to publication-ready.

Every submission earns one clear score on the same 0–100 readiness scale, benchmarked against the standards real journals use. No vague feedback, no guesswork: you see exactly how close you are and the precise fixes that move you up.

Score my paper free
0–50
Reject / Major revisionFundamental gaps; rework before resubmitting.
51–70
Minor revisionTargeted improvements needed.
71–100
Publication-readyMeets international publication standards.
How it works

Three steps to a stronger submission.

01

Upload your document

Drag & drop a manuscript, grant proposal, thesis or abstract. Nelview detects the type and applies the right review framework automatically.

02

Get your readiness report

A full breakdown in minutes: methodology, novelty, statistics and ethics, with a clear verdict and prioritised recommendations.

03

Fix, format & submit

Apply fixes in the editor, format to your target journal, verify it's legitimate, and submit with confidence.

Why Nelview

Not another AI writing tool.

Grammar checkers and chatbots polish sentences. Nelview judges whether your research is ready to be published, the way a real reviewer would.

Generic AI writing tools

Grammarly · ChatGPT · generic assistants

  • Fix grammar & rewrite sentences
  • No understanding of paper structure
  • Can't assess methodology or statistics
  • No publication-readiness verdict
  • No journal fit or predatory-journal checks
  • Generates text that can raise integrity flags

Nelview

Built for research evaluation

  • Reviews your work like a real editor or supervisor
  • Structure-aware: knows methods from discussion
  • Scores methodology, novelty, statistics & ethics
  • Clear 0–100 readiness verdict with next steps
  • Journal fit + DOAJ/COPE legitimacy checks
  • Evaluates, never ghost-writes, your research
Expert layer

When you want certainty, add a human expert.

Commission named experts in your field for a confidential second opinion; on any verdict, even a passing one.

  • Single, dual, or full editorial-panel review
  • Matched to your field by h-index and expertise
  • Double-blind, confidential, signed report
  • Returned in 5–14 days
Prof. Julia MendesMolecular Biology · h-index 41
4.9
Dr. Kwame OseiBiostatistics · h-index 33
4.8
Prof. Amara OkaforResearch Methods · h-index 38
4.9
Mentorship & funding

Great research needs more than feedback: it needs mentors and funding.

Nelview is more than a tool. We pair researchers with experienced mentors and open real pathways to funding, so promising work doesn't stall for lack of guidance or resources.

Mentorship

Paired with the right supervisor, from day one.

We're building a mentorship network that matches researchers with supervisors and domain experts who guide your work from first draft to publication.

  • Matched by field, not just by availability
  • Structured guidance from proposal to publication-ready
  • A community connecting researchers, mentors & experts
Funding

Funding pathways for early-stage research.

We're creating a funding layer, backed by a share of every Nelview subscription, to move promising research from idea to data collection.

  • Grants targeted at prototype & data-collection phases
  • Open to students, PhDs & university research teams
  • Funded directly by the Nelview community
Drop a photo: African campus or researchers
The Research Pledge
A share of every subscription funds prototype-phase & data-collection research across Africa, keeping ownership and visibility of the work on the continent.
GhanaWest AfricaPan-AfricaGlobal research ecosystems
For experts & consultants

Are you a professor or research consultant?

Join the Nelview reviewer network. Apply through our portal, get your credentials validated, and earn by helping researchers reach publication-ready; on your own terms.

$120–240typical rate
5–7 daysvetting turnaround
Confidentialdouble-blind reviews
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ApplyShare your expertise, credentials & review experience.
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We validateWe verify your ORCID, affiliation & publication record.
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Get recommendedApproved experts are listed & matched to submissions in their field.
The people behind Nelview

Built with the research community.

Our review frameworks are shaped by professors and researchers who live these standards every day, across institutions and beyond.

Prof. Kwabena Mensah
Biostatistics & Reproducibility
University of Ghana, Legon
Reproducibility isn't bureaucracy: it's respect for the reader. That's what we built in.
ContributionDesigned the statistical-integrity & reproducibility checks at the core of the engine.
Prof. Lerato Dlamini
Research Ethics
University of Cape Town
Research ethics in Africa has its own context. Nelview is the first tool I've seen account for it.
ContributionLeads our IRB & research-ethics framework, with African ethics context built in.
Prof. Chidi Okeke
Research Methodology
University of Ibadan
I've supervised hundreds of theses. This gives every student the feedback only a few ever get.
ContributionCo-authored the publication-readiness rubric and scoring bands.
Prof. Aisha Sani
Scholarly Communication
Ahmadu Bello University
One predatory submission can derail a career. We made that mistake much harder to make.
ContributionBuilt the predatory-journal detection criteria against DOAJ & COPE.
Prof. David Mwangi
Machine Learning
University of Nairobi
We trained it to evaluate like a reviewer, not to write like a chatbot. That distinction is everything.
ContributionArchitected the AI evaluation models behind every review.
Prof. Marie Laurent
Research Integrity
Sorbonne Université · Advisor
What won me over was the rigor: it holds work to the same bar I do in my own reviews.
ContributionBenchmarks Nelview against international peer-review standards.
Are you a professor who'd like to contribute to the frameworks? Join our academic board →
Voices from the beta

Researchers are already feeling the difference.

"I caught three methodology gaps before submission that would've been an instant desk reject. Nelview paid for itself on my first paper."

Adaeze N.PhD Candidate · Public Health

"As a final-year student with no supervisor on hand, this was the structured feedback I never had access to. It feels like a mentor."

Samuel K.BSc Final Year · Engineering

"The journal-check feature stopped one of my students submitting to a predatory journal. That alone makes it essential for our department."

Dr. Fatima B.Lecturer & Supervisor
Pricing

Free during beta. Fair when we launch.

Every plan runs on the same review engine. Beta members keep founding-member benefits for life.

Student
For final-year & coursework
$0/mo
Free during beta
3 AI reviews / monthReadiness score & reportBasic citation managerCommunity support
Join the beta
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Researcher
For active researchers
$0/mo in beta
Then from $29/mo · founding-member rate locked
Unlimited AI reviewsCitation manager + gap detectionAll formatters & journal checksEditor with collaborationDiscounted human reviews
Join the beta
Institution
For labs, departments & hubs
Custom
Pilot programmes open
Everything in ResearcherTeam seats & shared libraryAI review credits on demandInstitutional benchmarkingAdmin controls & SSO
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Limited beta cohort

Join the beta peer review.

Get expert-level feedback before you submit, not after a desk reject. Shape the platform, lock in founding-member pricing, and help build research infrastructure Africa owns.

Free during beta Founding-member pricing Priority human reviews Your data, never sold
Questions

Everything you might be wondering.

What exactly is Nelview?
Nelview is an AI-powered peer-review and research-evaluation platform. You upload a research document: a journal manuscript, grant, proposal, thesis or abstract, and get a structured, publication-level review with a 0–100 readiness score, scored across methodology, novelty, statistics and ethics, plus prioritized recommendations.
How is it different from Grammarly, Jenni or ChatGPT?
Those tools focus on grammar and content generation. Nelview doesn't write your paper: it evaluates it the way a real reviewer, supervisor or editor would, against the standards that actually decide whether your work gets published. It's an audit, not an autocomplete.
What document types can it review?
Journal manuscripts, grant proposals, research proposals, theses & dissertations, conference abstracts and book proposals. Nelview detects the type and applies the right review framework automatically.
Can I get a real human review too?
Yes. On any verdict, even a passing one, you can commission named human experts matched to your field by h-index and expertise: a single reviewer, two reviewers, or a full editorial panel. Reviews are double-blind, confidential and returned with a signed report in 5–14 days.
Does it support African journals and contexts?
Absolutely: it's core to our mission. The journal formatter and journal-check tools cover African and international venues, and our Journal Check verifies legitimacy against DOAJ & COPE so you avoid predatory journals.
Is my work safe and private?
Your document is processed only to produce your review and is never stored beyond it, never used to train models, and never sold. You retain full ownership of your work: that principle of ownership is central to why we exist.
What does the beta include?
Beta members get the full platform free, founding-member pricing locked in for when we launch, priority access to human reviews, and a direct line to shape the product. We're onboarding a limited cohort at a time.