Research Design Selector
Group design families and explain feasibility conflicts before analysis.
Research Library
Answers that show their evidence.
Concise reference entries for recurring research decisions—each with a direct answer, primary sources, explicit boundary, review date and practical next step.
Connected decision workflows
Move from evidence guidance to an inspectable next step.
Three browser-local public-beta workflows preserve inputs, rules, uncertainty and next actions without sending answers to Gurjas.
Journal Evaluation Workflow
Record manual checks and stop on unresolved identity or payment evidence.
Evidence Pathway Navigator
Sequence ownership, governance, inventory, verification and review.
Reviewed reference entries
Start with the question in front of you.
Each entry resolves one decision, shows the evidence used, identifies what it cannot establish and connects the reader to a relevant tool or pathway.
How to verify a DOI record
Resolve the identifier and compare registered metadata without turning a lookup into a trust verdict.
Read the entry →How to verify a journal's indexing status
Match title and ISSN in official source records and report exact coverage evidence.
Read the entry →How to check corrections, retractions and updates
Inspect publisher notices, Crossmark and DOI metadata while preserving update meanings.
Read the entry →How to verify an ORCID record
Check provenance and compare material identity claims with independent sources.
Read the entry →Preregistration does not replace an analysis plan
Review timing, specificity, amendments and final alignment together.
Read the entry →Compare a trial registration with a publication
Match study identity, outcomes and registry history before interpreting discrepancies.
Read the entry →Reporting guideline versus study-design decision
Use reporting guidance to describe a chosen design—not to select or validate it.
Read the entry →Reliability does not establish validity
Separate consistency, measurement error, structure and construct validity.
Read the entry →SEM sample size requires model-specific planning
Replace universal thresholds with model, effect and data-condition assumptions.
Read the entry →Missing data requires a planned response
State the missingness assumptions, analysis choice and sensitivity checks.
Read the entry →Power analysis depends on explicit inputs
Document effect, model, error, clustering, attrition and multiplicity assumptions.
Read the entry →Common-method bias cannot be diagnosed by one test
Use mechanism-based design and analysis rather than a universal diagnostic.
Read the entry →Active pathways
Two connected subject pillars.
The entries connect guidance, tools and bounded decision workflows.
Research integrity and scholarly communication
Identity, journal records, publication status, preregistration and trial reporting.
Open the pillar →Research design and methods
Design alignment, measurement, missing data, power, SEM and method effects.
Open the pillar →Institutional evidence pathways
Move from an evidence gap to a transparent institutional review route.
Explore pathways →Governed roadmap
Four pillars remain planned until substantive resources exist.
These areas stay visible as roadmap commitments, but they will not become indexable authority pages until each has original guidance, primary sources and reusable resources.
Impact evaluation and measurement
Theory of change, indicators, baseline and endline design, contribution analysis and decision-ready evaluation.
Policy evidence and decision support
Evidence synthesis, policy appraisal, financial inclusion, development economics and public decision support.
Higher-education quality and accreditation
NAAC, IQAC, evidence readiness, institutional reporting and quality-assurance systems.
Responsible research and AI governance
Responsible AI use, disclosure, research governance, institutional policy and evidence integrity.
Content governance
Dates and versions that mean something.
Published records first release. Reviewed records a substantive evidence and editorial check. Updated appears only after a material change.
No entry is described as exhaustive, and no source link is treated as a guarantee of outcome, acceptance, indexing or eligibility.
Connected evidence
Continue through the evidence system.
These links are editorially mapped to this page so you can move between methods, research, tools, outputs and public verification without returning to the main menu.