MedPrism — Medical Literature Integrity Checker

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1Extracting PDF text
2Extracting metadata
3Cross-referencing databases + Brave Search sweep
4Running red-flag analysis
5Determining verdict
6Generating briefing
7Generating full report

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Integrity Assessment

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Briefing

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Retraction Watch

40,000+ retracted papers database. Checks this paper's DOI and authors for confirmed retractions.

ClinicalTrials.gov

US federal registry of clinical trials. Verifies pre-registration — required for all RCTs before enrollment.

CrossRef

DOI validation authority. Confirms the paper exists, is legitimately published, and identifies the publisher.

DOAJ

Directory of Open Access Journals whitelist. Confirms the journal meets quality and transparency standards.

Beall Archive

Community-maintained list of predatory publishers. Flags journals that charge fees without rigorous peer review.

Brave Search

Supplementary web sweep for journal reputation, author misconduct reports, and international pre-registration registries not covered by ClinicalTrials.gov.

Database lookups are supplemented by AI-based methodology analysis of the full paper text across four categories: Statistical anomalies, Study design, Publication integrity, and Data integrity.

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