LP12 · Research-integrity offices, universities, publishers, editors and funders
Reconstruct the source trail without presuming misconduct.
Aperture can independently test whether a cited source supports a statement, whether evidence chains are circular or derivative, and where provenance or chronology remains unresolved.
Where the factual boundary appears
Situations where a defined independent evidence check may fit
A source trail is circular, derivative or incomplete.
AI-assisted or third-party research output needs verification.
Chronology or provenance needs neutral reconstruction.
What Aperture can test
Keep the first scope narrow enough to answer the real decision question.
Citation support
Primary-source traceability
Circular citation detection
Typical evidence scope
- Citation support
- Primary-source traceability
- Circular citation detection
- Provenance reconstruction
- Unresolved evidence gaps
Professional boundary
Aperture supplies the evidence layer. The professional decision remains where it belongs.
Aperture does not determine misconduct, disciplinary findings or academic sanctions.
Every matter remains subject to fit, lawful-use, jurisdiction, conflict, capacity and confidentiality controls before acceptance.