What happens to your manuscript
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Upload
Your file is uploaded directly to encrypted cloud storage via a time-limited signed URL. It does not pass through our application servers.
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Analysis
Document text is extracted and analysed by a mixture of in-house and third-party AI providers to generate the review. Third party providers do not retain any content and used purely for analysis. API to generate the review. No training is done on your content. In some cases, data may be retained for up to 30 days if flagged for dafety checks, but is kept separate from training systems and discarded after.
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Delivery
The review is stored in your account, encrypted at rest. Access is limited to you and any collaborators you have authorised.
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Deletion
You may delete your project and any uploaded documents at any time from your workspace. Deletion in the application is immediate and irreversible.
Legal requests
We share user content only when we are legally required to. We do not sell, license, or otherwise hand your content to third parties.
For the full vendor list, current certifications, and DPAs, see the Trust Center.
Questions from researchers
Does using Explore Science affect my ability to submit to a journal?
No. Uploading a manuscript to Explore Science does not publish, index, or post it anywhere. Your paper does not become a preprint and is not added to any external database.
Some journals require disclosure of AI-assisted review or editing. Where this applies, we recommend disclosing Explore Science's involvement in the required sections.
What about co-authors' contributions, unpublished data, or participant identifiers?
Everything in the document is treated identically: co-author text, unpublished data, and any identifiers. The same encryption, processing, and access controls apply throughout.
For human-subjects research we recommend de-identifying participant data before upload, in line with standard standard ethics board practice.
Can I export my documents and reviews if I want to close my account?
Yes. Email [email protected].