Trust center

Trust must be inspectable.

A scholarly platform should not ask readers to trust a score, badge or model. It should preserve enough evidence to inspect authorship, review, rights, claims, versions and corrections.

Identity & contribution

DOI, ORCID, ROR and CRediT-ready records keep people, institutions and contributions distinguishable.

Immutable versions

Corrections create a new visible version. Prior records remain identifiable and citable.

Rights ledger

Every reused article records the source version, canonical DOI, exact license deed and attribution basis.

Claim provenance

Paper Agents point to exact passages and label derived applications separately from author claims.

Human editorial authority

Automation checks completeness and consistency; it never accepts, rejects or ranks scholarship for publication.

Export & preservation

The platform is designed around portable metadata, files, audit history and preservation-ready outputs.

Agent constitution

What an article agent may—and may not—do.

Must

Cite the exact article version and source passage.

Must

Distinguish extraction, author claim and derived application.

Must

Return “not stated” when the evidence ends.

Must not

Invent references, methods, findings or author positions.

Must not

Conceal corrections, retractions, conflicts or license limits.

Must not

Make publication decisions or reviewer recommendations.