SciScore screens every submitted methods section against MDAR, ARRIVE and CONSORT in about 20 seconds. It flags missing RRIDs, blinding, randomisation, power analysis and problematic cell lines, so editors see a rigor signal before peer review begins.
Plagiarism checks look at text. Image tools look at figures. Paper-mill detection looks at patterns. None of them check whether the methods can be reproduced. SciScore does, at submission, where the problem can still be fixed.
Transparency before research starts
Registrations, SPIRITMethods, rigor and resources checked before peer review
MDAR · ARRIVE · CONSORT · RRIDsEditorial integrity, but not methods transparency
Plagiarism, image, paper-mill toolsProblems found after the fact
PubPeer, Retraction WatchBlinding, randomisation, power analysis, sex as a biological variable, inclusion/exclusion criteria and ethics statements.
Antibodies, cell lines, organisms and software checked against their identifiers, with warnings for problematic resources.
Human research → CONSORT. Animal research → ARRIVE. Everything else → MDAR.
Runs inside Editorial Manager and eJournalPress. Authors get specific fixes; editors get an instant rigor signal.
SciScore doesn't take instructions from the manuscript: it only detects whether the methods are actually reported. Want a better score? Add your reagent details and address the rigor criteria.
Enforce MDAR, ARRIVE and CONSORT consistently, without adding reviewer workload.
Get a score, an MDAR/STAR table and concrete suggestions in under a minute.
Rigor measured across the biomedical literature, with no relationship to journal impact factor.
Large-scale analysis of reporting quality across research institutions.
Recognition for work advancing research integrity and reproducibility.
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