Register a paper, RocSite Pre-Registration

01SubmitTitle, claim, methodology

02HashCryptographic anchor

03ReviewEngine review · 5–10 days

04PublishListed with rating

Pre-registration check is a v1 service. Submissions are time-stamped and rated, typically within minutes. Provider variability or unusual load can extend turnaround; submitters with extended turnaround are notified individually.

Paper title *

Authors *

Primary condition

Age stratum

Claim being registered *

Methodology / analysis plan *

Plain text or markdown. This is what gets time-stamped and hashed. The engine evaluates it against the eight OSF pre-registration rules and emails you rule-by-rule feedback, typically within minutes.

medRxiv / preprint URL

OSF cross-reference (optional)

Manuscript / analysis plan (PDF or DOCX, optional, up to 50 MB)

Optional. If attached, the file is hashed and that hash becomes part of the pre-registration anchor. v1 note: object storage is migrating; if the upload step fails the engine still produces a rating from your methodology + claim text, and you can email the file to [email protected] for the audit trail.

Your name *

Email *

Affiliation

Publish in the public registry once the engine review completes. If checked, your rating becomes visible at rocsitediscovery.com/preregistration/<short_id>/ indefinitely once published. Your time-stamped hash and verifiable URL are produced either way. I confirm the submitted content is mine to register and that nothing herein contains personal health information. I understand the engine rating (0–10) is published alongside the entry.

Submission enters automated engine review against OSF pre-registration rules. The engine emails you rule-by-rule feedback, typically within minutes. No charge for academic submissions.

Engine review = OSF rule check. Every submission is evaluated against the eight OSF pre-registration rules. The engine returns rule-by-rule feedback, what passes, what needs revision, and how to fix it. Pass all rules + rating ≥ 9.0 + replication = Confirmed. Below threshold = Exploratory (still time-stamped, still verifiable).

OSF rules the engine checks

Filed before analysisThe pre-registration timestamp is earlier than any data extract. Priority is established.
Hypothesis stated explicitlyThe research question is written in plain prose, not implied.
Cohort or sample definitionInclusion criteria, exclusion criteria, and sample size are specified up front.
Outcome variables defined in advanceWhat you are measuring, how, and why.
Pre-specified analysis planStatistical methods, primary versus secondary analyses, and any planned subgroup work.
Falsification criteriaWhat result would refute the hypothesis. Required.
Time-stamped and immutableThe hash anchors a record that cannot be quietly edited later.
Deviations flaggedThe author commits to flagging any divergence from this plan in the final report.

What you get

Time-stamped registry URLPermanent verifiable link of the form rocsitediscovery.com/preregistration/<id>/.
Cryptographic evidence hashSHA-256 over the methodology text plus any uploaded manuscript. Returned on submission and stored on the entry.
Rule-by-rule feedbackThe engine reports which OSF rules pass, which need revision, and the specific reason for each.
Engine rating 0–10Composite of literature consistency, internal consistency, cross-dataset replication, temporal stability, and subgroup fairness. See the methodology page.
Cross-referencesIf you provide an OSF or medRxiv URL, both are listed on your entry as independent verification anchors.
Wayback Machine snapshotThe published entry is auto-submitted to Internet Archive so the timestamp lives outside RocSite as well.

Pricing: Free for academic submissions. Commercial submissions where a published rating is requested as part of an FDA, journal, or investor due-diligence package use the Evidence Integrity Score tier ($2,495–$24,995).