GCRI · Research library
Scientific papers
Scientific papers from The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) and its research collaborations. Each shows the question, methods, authors and contributions, review state and licence, so readers know what kind of evidence they hold. A paper under review is labelled so, never presented as an accepted finding. Negative and null results are published. Part of the research library.
01Sequence
The order things happen in.
- 01Draftsources cited, labels attached
- 02Evidence checkevery value traced
- 03Independent reviewconflicts declared
- 04Editionpublished with its limits
- 05Correctiona new version, never a silent edit
02Paper record
What every entry shows.
The record is designed so that a reader can see in a few lines what the paper asks, how and how far it has been checked.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Research question | The question the paper answers |
| Methods | The methods used, linked to their STEM Commons pages |
| Authors | Named authors and their contributions, with affiliations |
| Review state | Preprint, under review, accepted or published elsewhere |
| Data and code | Where they can be found, or why they cannot be released |
| Licence and funding | Reuse terms and funding disclosures |
03Review states
Know what stage a paper is at.
- 01
Preprint
Shared for comment before review. Not an accepted finding.
- 02
Under review
In domain review. Conclusions may change.
- 03
Accepted
Accepted after review by qualified, conflict-managed reviewers.
- 04
Published elsewhere
Published in an external venue, linked to the version of record.
04Topics
What the papers cover.
Papers span GCRI’s global challenges and science and methods: hazards and climate, interdependent infrastructure, the water, energy, food, health and nature systems, digital and frontier technology, and the methods of risk science. Browse by field or method. Each paper links to the platform that stewards its topic.
05Standards
Integrity behind every paper.
Papers follow the rules set out under research integrity: disclosed funding and conflicts, reproducibility where rights allow, and corrections as recorded versions. Methods are described in methods and technical papers, and experimental findings may also appear in the Labs Evidence series.
Authorship follows contribution. Funding or hosting does not confer authorship or influence over conclusions.
06Questions
Questions and answers.
Can I collaborate on a paper?
Universities and researchers can propose collaboration at the research collaboration form. Authorship, rights and the publication route are agreed at the start.
Why publish negative results?
Because knowing what does not work, or what was not found, prevents wasted effort and biased evidence. Research terms keep negative findings possible.
Are preprints reliable?
A preprint has not completed review. It is labelled as such and should be read with that in mind.
How do I report a problem with a paper?
Write to the integrity concern form. The issue is reviewed, and accepted corrections are recorded as new versions.
Are papers open access?
GCRI makes its papers openly readable where it can. For a paper in an external venue, the record links to the version of record and to any open version its licence allows.
ReportsContribute
Contribute evidence from this page.
Reports is the Consortium’s quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.
GCRI
- EmailGateway GW-GCRISend it from this pageEvidence, a correction, a case, a method, a review, a translation or profile input. It arrives tagged with this page, so the editor who owns it receives it.
- ZenodoOpen depositDeposit it and submit to the communityPublish your own record on Zenodo with your ORCID iD, then submit it to the Reports community there. Curators review it; the DOI stays yours.
- ReportsGCRISee every way to contributeThe contribution types, how each is reviewed, what credit you receive, the licence and what is never accepted.
Never send personal data, sensitive infrastructure detail or anything you have no right to share. A contribution is reviewed before use; sending it confers no authorship or editorial rights, and sponsorship never buys a finding.
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