Illustrative preview · fictional paper and placeholder values · explore the example, then start your own deck
ResearchToDeck

Research paper PDF to slides

The findings are in the PDF. Now give them a deck.

Upload one full research paper PDF, or provide a DOI, PubMed link, or retrievable paper URL. We need the full text, your audience, and your preferred slides or duration before starting.

Start your deckHow paper becomes presentation

Reviewed delivery in 24-72 hours after complete inputs, payment, and explicit submission. You stay the subject-matter expert.

FICTIONAL PAPER · NOT A REAL PUBLICATION

Neighborhood Tree Canopy and Summer Indoor Heat: A Fictional Observational Study

Abstract
Background
Methods
Results
Fig. & tables
Discussion
Limitations
Conclusion
References
  1. 1Why it matters
  2. 2The question
  3. 3Design
  4. 4Measures
  5. 5Association
  6. 6Limits
  7. 7Conclusion
  8. 8Questions
Illustration: the full fictional paper, tabbed by role, resolving into an eight-slide story. For a real-paper example prepared by ResearchToDeck, download our four-slide editable PPTX and matching PDF. Source: Kross et al. (2013), PLoS ONE, Creative Commons Attribution. The example preserves the study’s observational limits.

THE FULL-PAPER MAP · ILLUSTRATIVE

A full paper gives the deck its structure.

The abstract provides orientation. Methods, results, figures, discussion, and limitations provide the substance. This fictional example illustrates that relationship without presenting placeholder values as research.

Paper sections, in order

SOURCE DRAWER · Methods · [SOURCE PAGE]

Observational design, sample of [PAPER-SUPPLIED SAMPLE SIZE], and [MEASURE DEFINITION].

2 cards draw on this section: 3, 4.

  • SLIDE 3From this section

    Study design at a glance

    Observational · n = [PAPER-SUPPLIED SAMPLE SIZE]

    Paper-reported fact

    ↳ Methods · [SOURCE PAGE]

  • SLIDE 4From this section

    How canopy and heat were measured

    [MEASURE DEFINITION]

    Paper-reported fact

    ↳ Methods · [FIGURE OR TABLE REFERENCE]

  • SLIDE 1

    Why indoor heat is a neighborhood question

    Paraphrase of the authors’ framing.

    Paraphrase

    ↳ Background · [SOURCE PAGE] · cited refs

  • SLIDE 2

    What the authors asked

    “[DIRECT QUOTE , RESEARCH QUESTION]”

    Direct quotation

    ↳ Background · [SOURCE PAGE]

  • SLIDE 5

    The reported association

    [REPORTED RESULT] ([CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FROM PAPER])

    Paper-reported fact

    ↳ Results · [FIGURE OR TABLE REFERENCE] · [SOURCE PAGE]

  • SLIDE 6

    What limits the claim

    [AUTHOR-STATED LIMITATION] · association, not causation

    Limitation / conflict

    ↳ Limitations · [SOURCE PAGE]

  • SLIDE 7

    What the authors concluded

    [PAPER-REPORTED CONCLUSION]

    Paper-reported fact

    ↳ Conclusion · [SOURCE PAGE]

  • SLIDE 8

    Questions for the room

    [GENERATED DISCUSSION QUESTION , REVIEW REQUIRED]

    Suggestion , not a finding

    ↳ Generated , no paper source

  • BACKUP B1

    Presenter’s critique (backup)

    [USER INTERPRETATION , REVIEW REQUIRED]

    User interpretation · review

    ↳ Your note · near Discussion [SOURCE PAGE]

  • BACKUP B2

    Outcomes by housing type? (backup)

    The paper doesn’t clearly report this. Not filled in.

    Missing / unclear

    ↳ Not clearly reported , left open

What each label means

  • Direct quotation , exact paper wording, kept with page and context.
  • Paper-reported fact , a value or fact the paper states, linked to section, page, figure or table.
  • Paraphrase , rewritten wording of a supported point, linked to its source.
  • User interpretation · review , your own inference or critique , never attributed to the authors.
  • Suggestion , not a finding , generated structure, titles, or framing.
  • Missing / unclear , the paper doesn’t clearly support it; left visible, not filled.
  • Limitation / conflict , a caveat, definition, or scope boundary that qualifies a claim.

LIMITATION SPOTLIGHT

A source link is a starting point.

If the full paper cannot be retrieved, we ask you to upload its PDF. We do not bypass paywalls or build a full deck from metadata or an abstract alone. Optional context does not replace the primary paper.

  • Author-stated limitations stay attached to their page.
  • Association is never rephrased as cause.
  • Gaps the paper doesn’t answer stay marked as open.
SLIDE 6 / 8ILLUSTRATIVE

What limits the claim

Limitation · [AUTHOR-STATED LIMITATION] , Limitations, [SOURCE PAGE]

Design boundary · Observational: shows association, not causation.

Open · Housing-type differences not clearly reported , left unfilled.

DISCUSSION CARDS · GENERATED, REVIEW REQUIRED

The PDF supplies evidence. Questions add discussion.

Prompts are suggestions anchored to a section. Keep, rework, or drop each one , they aren’t the authors’ words.

  • ANCHORED TO · Limitations

    [GENERATED DISCUSSION QUESTION , REVIEW REQUIRED] on how [AUTHOR-STATED LIMITATION] affects local use.

    Status: Needs review
  • ANCHORED TO · Methods

    [GENERATED DISCUSSION QUESTION , REVIEW REQUIRED] on whether [MEASURE DEFINITION] fits our setting.

    Status: Needs review
  • ANCHORED TO · Discussion

    [GENERATED DISCUSSION QUESTION , REVIEW REQUIRED] on what an association can and can’t tell practitioners.

    Status: Needs review

Bring the paper. Set the audience.

Try Before You Buy: $5 (exactly 4 representative slides) · Research Deck: $19 (up to 12 slides) · Deep Dive Deck: $29 (up to 20 slides). Every offer includes editable PPTX and PDF. Full decks include source-grounded notes. No subscription, automatic upgrade, or credit toward a later purchase.

What happens after you start?

In the app, provide one full paper and your audience, then choose slides or duration. Pay for the offer and explicitly submit. We correct service-caused errors without a new purchase; material scope changes are separate work.

PLAN YOUR DECK · CONTINUE IN THE APP

Main pain

This planner does not submit or save your paper. Continue in the app to enter the final request.