Provenance is recorded, not implied
The credibility of AI-assisted research depends on knowing exactly what was suggested, what a person decided, what was verified against evidence and what an academic authority approved. SARAP keeps those states separate and attributable.
Seven states that must never collapse into one another
- 01
AI suggestion
Generated assistance, recorded as a suggestion only.
- 02
Researcher decision
An accepted, edited or rejected suggestion, attributable to a person.
- 03
Researcher verification
The researcher confirms the record against its source evidence.
- 04
Supervisor approval
An academic quality decision recorded at a governance checkpoint.
- 05
External peer review
Outside SARAP. Never implied by an internal state.
- 06
Institutional completion
The research record is closed and archived by the institution.
- 07
Publication acceptance
Outside SARAP. A separate academic process.
Four statements SARAP treats as non-negotiable
- AI suggestion ≠ researcher decision
- Researcher verification ≠ supervisor approval
- Supervisor approval ≠ external peer review
- SARAP completion ≠ publication acceptance
SARAP AI
Suggests, structures, compares and flags. It never records a research decision on its own.
Researcher
Evaluates each suggestion, edits it, accepts or rejects it, and carries responsibility for the record.
Supervisor
Reviews academic quality at checkpoints and records the final decision on research completion.
What SARAP is not
Being explicit about scope is part of research integrity. SARAP does not present capabilities it does not implement.
- A general-purpose AI chatbot
- An automatic thesis or publication generator
- An autonomous researcher
- A plagiarism or AI-authorship checker
- A journal marketplace
- A replacement for academic supervision
Similarity intelligence, AI-authorship assessment, journal discovery and publication workflows are not part of the current platform. They belong to a future expansion roadmap and are not offered as available functionality.
- Source
- Evidence record
- Claim
- Citation
- Manuscript
A citation records where a statement came from. Evidence support records whether the recorded evidence actually sustains it. SARAP keeps these two dimensions separate.
Build research on evidence.
Keep every decision traceable.
Explore how SARAP connects research evidence, academic reasoning, verification and institutional governance across the research lifecycle.