Every article. Every step. Every timestamp. Publicly visible.

Most publishers treat the editorial process as a black box. We open the box. No other publisher offers this level of transparency — readers, funders, institutions, indexers can all verify the rigor behind every Datarsoft article.

What is Article Lifecycle Transparency?

For every article we publish, Datarsoft maintains a dedicated lifecycle page at/article/{doi}/lifecycle. This page is publicly accessible, updated in real-time, and shows every editorial action taken on the manuscript from submission through ongoing post-publication metrics.

What Each Lifecycle Page Shows

Submission Stage

• Date and time of original submission.
• Submission method (portal upload, ORCID-authenticated, manual).
• Submitting author and corresponding author identification.
• Initial manuscript ID assigned.

Triage Stage

• Date of editorial office review.
• Scope-fit determination.
• Completeness check result.
• Plagiarism screening result (iThenticate similarity percentage).
• AI-content screening result.
• Triage outcome (forwarded to editor / desk-rejected / returned to author for resubmission).

Editorial Stage

• Editor assigned (with editor's ORCID and role displayed).
• Date of reviewer invitations sent.
• Number of reviewers invited.
• Number of reviewers accepted.
• Type of peer review applied (single-blind / double-blind / open).

Review Stage

• Date review window opened.
• Date each reviewer report was received.
• Reviewer turnaround time (days).
• Number of revision rounds.
• Total review duration.

Decision Stage

• Editorial decision (accept / minor revision / major revision / reject).
• Date of decision.
• Decision-maker (Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editor).
• Decision rationale (high-level summary, preserving reviewer confidentiality).

Production Stage

• Date production began.
• Copyediting completed date.
• Typesetting completed date.
• Author proofs delivered date.
• Author proof approval date.
• Production turnaround (days).

Publication Stage

• Date of online publication.
• DOI activation timestamp.
• Volume, issue, page numbers (if applicable).
• PDF, JATS XML, HTML, and EPUB file availability.

Indexing Stage

• CrossRef registration confirmation (with timestamp).
• Google Scholar indexing confirmation.
• BASE indexing confirmation.
• OpenAIRE harvest confirmation.
• Dimensions and Lens.org indexing.
• CLOCKSS and Portico archival confirmations.
• Subsequent index confirmations (DOAJ, Scopus, WoS, etc.) as they happen.

Post-Publication Stage (Ongoing)

• View count (updated daily).
• Download count (updated daily).
• Citation count (from CrossRef Cited-by, updated weekly).
• Altmetric attention score (updated daily).
• PlumX metrics.
• Mentions in news, blogs, policy documents.
• Translations (if any).
• Corrections or errata (with full transparency).
• Retraction (if any) — with full reason and date.

Why This Matters

For Authors

Your article's quality is independently verifiable. When a tenure committee, funder, or institutional reviewer wants to assess your paper's editorial rigor, they can see for themselves — not rely on the journal's reputation alone.

For Readers

You can assess whether a paper has been adequately reviewed before citing it. Was there only one reviewer? How long was the review? Was there a single round or multiple revisions? This context shapes how you evaluate the work.

For Funders & Institutions

You can verify that the publisher's editorial standards meet your institution's research integrity requirements. No more taking publishers' words for it.

For the Scholarly Community

We are betting that radical transparency raises everyone's standards. If our lifecycle pages show shallow review, readers will know. So we have to do thorough review — every time.