Desk template · Academic researchers and research students writing up a study for a journal or a thesis.

Research paper desk: the draft, the data and the sources in agreement

the figure in the draft is drawn from the results Table on the same desk, so rerunning a model means updating rows and watching the chart redraw — and a submission checklist keeps the last week honest. Distinct from literature-review (the sources matrix).

Suggested widgets: doc · table · chart · file · webview · task list · markdown

What goes on the desk

Document ‘Paper draft’ (imports .docx) (widget document)
Table ‘Results’ (Group, n, Mean, Outcome as number columns) (widget table)
Chart from the table (widget chart)
File or link for the journal’s author guidelines PDF (widget file or link)
Browser on the journal’s submission page (widget browser)
Tasks ‘Before submission’ (rerun without outliers, tighten the limitations, check the word limit) (widget tasks)
Markdown ‘Sources’ (widget markdown).

Set it up

import results from CSV or Excel (widget table import); add a Chart; give the desk a due date and a Duration (desk create).

Create a desk named for the real outcome, client or deadline.
Add the suggested widgets and rename each one for the job it performs.
Bring in the existing files or tables before inventing another copy of the information.
Set a due date, add the first visible next action, then save the arrangement as a template if you will repeat it.

Open this desk in the interactive demo

Use it day to day

one desk per paper; Resume before you stop (desk resume).

A useful desk should reduce copying. Keep each changing fact in one widget, and let charts, summaries or views read from that source.

A worked starting point

Fictional example. Create the desk, add three real items that are already in motion, then use one full work cycle before changing the layout. At the end, remove anything you did not consult and add only the object that would have prevented a real interruption.

Where Plexii helps

Plexii answers from your own documents with sources you can click (ai assistant); the Document’s Rewrite selection tightens a paragraph and changes nothing until you replace it (widget document).