Disclaimer

Zanodo is an independent open science research repository and data-sharing platform.

The repository enables researchers and other contributors to deposit and share research-related materials, which may include reports, theses, dissertations, datasets, posters, presentations, publications, manuscripts, working papers, supplementary files, and other scholarly outputs.

The following information explains important limitations associated with material available through Zanodo.

Repository Hosting Is Not Peer Review

Publication or deposit on Zanodo does not automatically mean that a work has been peer reviewed.

Some records may describe formally published or peer-reviewed research. Others may contain preprints, theses, working papers, preliminary findings, datasets, presentations, posters, reports, or other material that has not undergone independent peer review.

Users should check the status of the individual record rather than assuming that repository availability indicates scientific validation.

Research May Change

Research is an ongoing process.

A deposited document may later be corrected, revised, superseded, formally published, challenged by subsequent evidence, or withdrawn.

Where possible, users should check record dates, versions, linked publications, corrections, retractions, supporting data, and more recent research before relying on a finding.

User-Submitted Content

Much of the material available through Zanodo may be provided by researchers, authors, institutions, or other third-party contributors.

Unless specifically stated otherwise, views and conclusions expressed in deposited material belong to the relevant authors or contributors.

They do not necessarily represent the views of Zanodo or its operators.

No Automatic Verification

Zanodo may perform technical, administrative, policy, security, or moderation checks, but these processes should not be confused with scholarly peer review.

Unless explicitly stated, Zanodo does not independently certify the accuracy of every research finding, dataset, citation, calculation, methodology, author claim, affiliation, conclusion, or uploaded file.

Users should evaluate source quality independently.

Researcher Profiles

Researcher profiles and Zanodo Research IDs are designed to organize and identify research activity within the platform.

The existence of a profile or Zanodo Research ID does not by itself verify a person's academic degree, employment, institutional affiliation, professional license, expertise, or the scientific validity of their work.

No Medical Advice

Research hosted on Zanodo may discuss medicine, diseases, treatments, nutrition, psychology, pharmaceuticals, public health, or other health-related subjects.

Repository material is provided for research and informational purposes and should not automatically be treated as individualized medical advice.

Health decisions should be discussed with an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

No Legal or Financial Advice

Some deposited research may address law, taxation, investments, economics, finance, public policy, or related subjects.

Availability through Zanodo does not transform such material into personalized legal, tax, investment, or financial advice.

Professional advice should be obtained when appropriate.

Datasets

Datasets may contain errors, missing observations, methodological limitations, outdated values, formatting issues, sampling biases, or restrictions that are not immediately apparent from the file itself.

Users are responsible for reviewing accompanying documentation, methodology, licensing terms, provenance, and limitations before using data in subsequent research or decision-making.

Intellectual Property

Copyright and other intellectual property rights generally remain with the applicable author, creator, institution, publisher, or other rights holder.

The fact that a file can be accessed or downloaded through Zanodo does not automatically place that material in the public domain.

Users should review the license or rights information attached to each record before copying, modifying, redistributing, or commercially using material.

Citations and Attribution

Researchers should cite materials according to appropriate scholarly practices and applicable licenses.

A downloadable file should not be interpreted as permission to remove attribution, misrepresent authorship, or disregard license conditions.

External Websites

Zanodo records may contain links to third-party websites.

We do not control the availability, security, accuracy, privacy practices, or content of independent external services.

A reference or external link should not automatically be interpreted as endorsement.

Indexing and Discovery

Public Zanodo records may be accessible to search engines, scholarly discovery services, automated crawlers, libraries, citation tools, and other indexing systems.

Zanodo does not control third-party indexing decisions and cannot guarantee that a particular record will appear in Google Search, Google Scholar, another academic database, or any other discovery service.

Availability and Preservation

Zanodo aims to provide dependable access to repository content, but no online service can guarantee permanent or uninterrupted availability.

Researchers should maintain independent backups of important files and source data.

Independent Platform

Zanodo is an independent research repository.

Unless expressly stated on a relevant page, the platform is not affiliated with or endorsed by a particular university, government body, publisher, journal, indexing service, research institution, or other repository.

Any third-party names or trademarks appearing in research records belong to their respective owners.

Use Research Responsibly

A repository helps preserve and distribute knowledge. It does not replace critical evaluation.

Before relying on research found through Zanodo, consider its authorship, date, version, methodology, sample, evidence, limitations, conflicts of interest, review status, supporting data, and subsequent research.

Zanodo provides the infrastructure through which research can be shared. The responsibility for evaluating that research ultimately remains with the person using it.