Confirm the governing requirements
Determine whether the protocol must be prospectively registered and which ethics, sponsor, institution, or journal requirements apply.
Journal and registry integrity
Check the publication pathway before it can compromise the work.
A transparent journal screen, a downloadable decision record, and a Philippine registry workflow help researchers replace assumptions with evidence.
Interactive evidence record
Screen the journal—not just its website.
Answer from independently checked evidence. “Unknown” is safer than guessing, and a high score never substitutes for judgment.
- 01The journal's scope clearly fits this manuscript.
Record the aims-and-scope URL and the date checked.
- 02The journal title and publisher identity are unambiguous.
Check for confusingly similar titles and copied branding.
- 03Publisher ownership and verifiable contact details are public.
Record the legal publisher, address, and working contact route.
- 04Peer-review method and editorial decision process are explained.
Do not rely on a promise of unusually fast acceptance.
- 05Editors and board members can be independently verified.
Check current institutional pages, not only the journal site.
- 06All author fees and waiver rules are stated before submission.
Save the fee page or confirm that no fee applies.
- 07Authorship, conflicts, corrections, retractions, and AI policies are public.
Record the policy URLs and version or access date.
- 08Every indexing claim was checked in the index itself.
Search the named database directly; a logo is not evidence.
- 09DOI assignment and long-term digital preservation are explained.
Check the DOI resolver and named preservation service.
- 10Claimed COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, or society membership was verified at source.
Membership may not apply to every legitimate journal; mark unknown with a reason.
- 11The invitation does not use pressure, false familiarity, or guaranteed acceptance.
Preserve suspicious solicitation emails as part of the decision record.
- 12Recent articles show consistent editorial quality and traceable authors.
Inspect several current articles, corrections, and publication dates.
Screening result
Evidence remains unresolved
Investigate every no or unknown response before a researcher-owned submission decision.
- Verified
- 0
- Concerns
- 0
- Unknown
- 12
Philippine registry workflow
Registration is a living integrity record.
This guide points researchers to primary sources. It does not submit, amend, or certify a registry record on their behalf.
Use the official Philippine route
The Philippine Health Research Registry is hosted through HERDIN. Check the live registry and current submission instructions directly.
Reconcile every record
Keep the registry entry aligned with the approved protocol, outcomes, sample, status, and amendments. Explain changes rather than silently rewriting history.
Preserve proof
Retain the registry identifier, submission and approval dates, amendment trail, and the version used for the manuscript or journal submission.