Academic Integrity

Research Shield

Sign your contributions before anyone else can claim them.

Stamp every dataset, every method, every figure. Defend your authorship with a timestamp the journal cannot dispute.

The pain

A peer-reviewer leaks your dataset. A co-author publishes the figure under their name. A conference rejects the paper, a competing lab releases the same result two months later, and the dating fight is your word against theirs.

The solution

Research Shield signs every dataset, every method file, every figure at the moment you produce it. Twenty years from now, with the platform shuttered and the original engineer retired, the timestamp still verifies.

How it works

4-step flow from intake to audit.

  1. Step 1

    Stamp the artifact

    Drop a dataset, notebook, or figure; the engine signs the SHA-256 + your authorship key.

  2. Step 2

    Bind the lineage

    Each derived artifact references its parents — the chain is the proof of method.

  3. Step 3

    Defend authorship

    A signed timestamp is portable, court-admissible, and cannot be predated.

  4. Step 4

    Publish with provenance

    Submit to a journal with a verifier link the editor can run offline.

What’s included

Contract surface and the engineering you don’t have to build.

  • Unlimited dataset / figure / method signatures
  • Lineage chain across versions
  • Signed PDFs with embedded verifier (FRE 902(13)/(14) compatible)
  • Browser-side signing — files never leave your machine
  • Optional Zenodo / OSF cross-anchoring
  • Public verifier page for every signed artifact

Pricing

USD 990/month covers an individual researcher or PI. Lab and institution tiers under enterprise; academic discount available for accredited universities.

Need a multi-site federation, a custom export schema, or a regulated-deployment partner? Email sales@growingintelligence.ai.

Sign your first event in 30 seconds.

The wizard pre-loads Research Shield; you fill in your scope and sign. No credit card. No salesperson.