Conceptualization
Research question, framework, construct, or theory.
FRAMEWORK 1.0 / Research protocol
Research protocol
Research advances through registered questions, inspectable methods, independent criticism, and durable version records.
Versioned research workflow
- 01
Proposal
Submit a bounded question, literature map, method, data requirements, falsification condition, expected output, risks, and conflicts of interest.
- 02
Scope review
Check fit, novelty, feasibility, duplicated work, dependencies, ethics, rights, and whether a simpler design can answer the question.
- 03
Preregistration
Freeze hypotheses, outcomes, exclusions, models, thresholds, analysis plan, and deviation rules with a persistent version.
- 04
Execution
Maintain source provenance, code review, data lineage, decision logs, negative results, and a record of protocol deviations.
- 05
Peer review
Invite domain, methods, data, ethics, and affected-community review; preserve objections and author responses.
- 06
Independent replication
Separate original authors from at least one reproduction or adversarial audit before upgrading claim status.
- 07
Release and correction
Publish the report, data/code where lawful, model card, contribution statement, conflicts, limitations, errata route, and version links.
Contribution and authorship
Methodology and formalization
Design, mathematics, identification, simulation, and validation.
Data and software
Collection, curation, provenance, code, infrastructure, and maintenance.
Investigation and replication
Case research, experiments, backtests, reproductions, and adversarial testing.
Review and translation
Peer review, ethical review, regional interpretation, translation, and correction.
Authorship decision
Authorship requires substantial intellectual contribution, drafting or revision, approval, and accountability; other accepted work receives attributed contribution records.