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A plain account of how we handle manuscripts, reviews and account data. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for the full legal text.
Explore Science/Data handlingLast updated 15 September 2026
01Straight into encrypted storage.
Your file travels over a time-limited signed URL, from your device straight into encrypted cloud storage. It never passes through our application servers. It is encrypted in transit and at rest, and it stays there until you delete it. It opens to you, and to collaborators you authorise.
02Read on isolated, short-lived compute.
The text is extracted and read to produce the review, on isolated compute started for your job alone. Nothing else runs there. The extracted text lives for the length of the review, and when the analysis ends its temporary files go with it.
03Analysed, not learned from.
A mixture of in-house and third-party models reads the text, under commercial API terms. Each reads to analyse, not to learn: no training is done on your content, and nothing is kept once the review is written. If content is flagged for safety concerns, it may be retained by the provider for up to 30 days.
04Stored in your account, encrypted at rest.
The review lands in your workspace beside the manuscript, encrypted at rest, and stays until you delete it. Access is yours alone until you add a collaborator to the project.
05Gone when you say so.
Delete a project, or one document within it, from your workspace whenever you choose. Inside the application the deletion is immediate and irreversible: no recycle bin, no waiting period, nothing left behind.
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What about co-authors' contributions, unpublished data, or participant identifiers?
Everything in the document is treated identically: co-author text, unpublished data, and any identifiers.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 ethics board practice.
Can I export my documents and reviews if I want to close my account?
Yes. Your manuscripts and reviews download as PDF from inside each project. Account deletion is self-service from your account page.
For any other data export or access request, email [email protected].
Questions about your data?
See our Trust Center for more information.
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