Answers about RQL services, AI review, polishing, translation, real reviewers, certificates, subscriptions, and institutional use.
What is RQL?
RQL (Research Quality Lab) is an AI-assisted academic preparation platform that helps authors improve manuscripts before submission through structured review, writing polish, translation support, collaboration, and real reviewer workflows.
Does RQL replace journal peer review?
No. RQL is a preparation and support platform before formal journal review.
Who should use RQL?
Researchers, students, thesis writers, proposal authors, supervisors, institutions, and collaboration teams.
What is the Preliminary Assessment (free)?
It is an initial reviewer-style preview that shows the type of feedback you can expect before paying for a full review.
What does the full AI review include?
A fuller reviewer-style assessment of structure, clarity, methods, evidence alignment, writing quality, and revision priorities.
What is Submission Confidence?
It is the highest AI review tier and includes a verifiable Certificate of Structured Review Completion.
What does the certificate mean?
It confirms that the manuscript passed through a documented structured review workflow on RQL.
Is it an acceptance letter?
No. It is not a publication decision and does not imply journal acceptance.
Can others verify it?
Yes. Each certificate includes a public verification page.
What does polish improve?
Grammar, academic tone, readability, flow, and sentence quality.
Does polish change meaning?
It is designed to preserve scientific meaning rather than rewrite results or invent new claims.
What does translation support do?
It helps translate manuscripts into another language while trying to preserve academic meaning and structure.
Should I still review the translated output?
Yes. Authors should always review translated text before submission or official use.
What is the Real Reviewer Board?
A workflow for inviting volunteer human reviewers after the manuscript has completed a full AI review.
Why must I complete the full AI review first?
This protects reviewer time and improves manuscript readiness before asking for human feedback.
Is my full manuscript public?
No. Only the title and abstract are posted publicly. The full document remains private until you choose to share it with a volunteer reviewer.
What is this board for?
It is used for collaborations, academic opportunities, research support, co-authorship, editing help, methods help, assistants, or related academic postings.
How is this different from the Reviewer Board?
The Collaboration & Opportunities Board is broader. The Reviewer Board is specifically tied to the human-review workflow after a full AI review.
What do subscriptions do?
Subscriptions increase workflow limits and unlock additional productivity features such as higher post capacity, more accepted offers, and expanded invitation capacity.
Are reviewer/profile certificates subscription-only?
No. Those are intended to remain contribution-based trust features rather than pure subscription features.
What are institutional credits?
Institutions can purchase credits so their members can unlock RQL services without paying individually each time.
Who manages institutional users?
Institutional admins can manage access, credits, and some related dashboard functions.
What payment methods are supported?
Depending on setup and region, payment options may include card, transfer, or local Flutterwave-supported methods.
Why are some services paid?
Full analysis, polish, translation, storage, workflow handling, and review support all create operating and compute costs.
Are my documents public?
No. Files remain private unless you choose to share a file during a collaboration or reviewer workflow.
Do you own my work?
No. You retain ownership of your manuscript and related materials.
Are submissions used to train public AI models?
No user submissions are intended for public model training.