Editorial Team and Advisory Board

Roles

These policies apply to video preprints posted on scivid.com. The editorial team and advisory board bring together researchers, educators and industry professionals in nanotechnology, materials science, microfluidics, artificial intelligence and biotechnology.

• The Editorial Director and screening editors screen submissions in their field against the posting checklist and oversee student submissions to Emerging Scholars, including the parent or guardian consent required for authors under 18.

• Collections editors propose and curate thematic collections.

• Industry Advisory Board members advise on video-based research communication, responsible use of AI and collaboration with universities and schools.

Members are invited for their research or professional expertise. Affiliations are given for identification only; being listed does not mean that a member has reviewed or endorsed any posted item.

 

I. Editorial screening and posting decisions

All submissions are screened by an editor or moderator before posting. Screening checks scope, completeness, scholarly presentation, attribution, permissions, consent, visual labeling and the AI Use Statement. It is not peer review and does not certify scientific accuracy, novelty or validity; authors remain responsible for their methods, data, calculations, references and conclusions.

• Supporting materials. Editors may request clarifications, corrections or supporting materials, including raw footage, project files, data or code.

• Outcomes. Approved for posting; changes required; or declined, with reasons. These are posting decisions, not peer-review decisions such as minor or major revision. Changes may be requested in up to two rounds; a submission that still does not meet the posting requirements is then declined. Minor corrections, such as typographical errors, may be made by the editors with the authors’ consent. A declined work may be submitted once more as a new submission, with a list of the changes made. Authors may appeal, as set out in Section VI.

• Grounds for declining. Editors decline a submission, with reasons, when it: (1) falls outside SciViD’s scope or is not the authors’ own research, review, method or model, such as a popular-science explainer, lecture or advertisement; (2) is still incomplete after two rounds of requested changes, for example without a video abstract, methods, references or required consent; (3) contains plagiarism, fabricated or falsified data, images or citations, or results the authors cannot explain; (4) presents generated, enhanced or conceptual material as recorded data or simulation output, or makes claims stronger than its evidence and does not correct this when asked; (5) lacks a required ethics approval, safety supervision or parent or guardian consent, or shows unsafe practice; (6) infringes copyright or privacy, or shows identifiable people without consent; (7) makes health, safety or other claims that could cause harm if acted on before peer review; or (8) duplicates an item already posted on SciViD, which should be updated as a new version instead. Production quality alone is never a reason to decline.

• Endorsement. SciViD does not require endorsement by existing authors. Instead, Research series submissions need a corresponding author who holds a doctorate or a research position, and Emerging Scholars submissions need the sign-off of a teacher, mentor or research supervisor. Every submission is screened by an editor before posting.

• Independence. Decisions are independent of payment, mentorship or any other relationship with SciViD or NanoTRIZ.

• Labeling. Every posted item is labeled “Preliminary · Not peer reviewed”.

 

II. Conflicts of interest

An editor who authored, supervised or mentored a submission, or has a relevant collaborative or financial relationship with its authors, discloses the conflict and takes no part in the decision. An editor is unconflicted for a submission if they:

• are not a current or former student or trainee of any author or mentor;

• have not co-authored with any of them in the past three years; and

• for work linked to NanoTRIZ, hold no NanoTRIZ role.

If no editor qualifies, SciViD appoints an independent moderator who meets the same criteria and holds no role at SciViD or NanoTRIZ; the moderator’s name and affiliation are shown on the posted item. If independent screening cannot be arranged, posting is deferred. Relevant relationships are always disclosed on the posted record.

 

III. Relationship with NanoTRIZ

Prof. Alexander A. Solovev is the sole founder of SciViD and the founding director of NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute (Brisbane), which runs a paid research mentoring program for students. Dr. Brij Mohan and Dr. Alessandro Bernardi hold affiliate research roles at NanoTRIZ and are not founders of NanoTRIZ or SciViD. Submissions from program participants carry a conflict-of-interest note and are decided under the rules in Section II.

 

IV. DOIs and repository deposits

A DOI is optional and is not required for posting. Authors may deposit their work in a repository such as Zenodo and provide the DOI for linking; please give any existing DOI so that records link correctly and duplicate deposits are avoided. For selected items, SciViD may assist with a deposit by prior agreement and with the consent of all authors; this is not automatic or guaranteed. SciViD does not arrange a DOI for an item with an author under 18; once all authors are 18 or older, they may deposit it themselves or ask the editors. Authors approve the deposited files, authorship, metadata and license, and external deposits follow the repository’s rules. A DOI does not indicate peer review, journal acceptance or scientific validity.

 

V. Versions, withdrawal and concerns

• Versions. The first public version is v1. Substantive updates to text, video, data, code or authorship are screened and posted as v2, v3 and so on; earlier versions, dates and revision notes remain available. Send updates to editor@scivid.net as described in the Author Guidelines.

• Withdrawal. Authors may ask for an item to be withdrawn; a withdrawal notice remains giving the title, authors, posting date and reason. For authors under 18, a parent or guardian may ask for the first name and last initial instead of full names or for removal from public view, as set out in section 5 of the Integrity Guide.

• Reporting concerns. Readers can report errors, suspected misconduct or rights issues to editor@scivid.net (subject: “SciViD concern report”).

 

VI. Appeals and complaints

• Appeals. Authors may appeal a decision to decline posting or to require changes within 30 days, by email to editor@scivid.net with the item title and a short statement of reasons. An editor who was not involved in the original decision reviews the appeal and replies with reasons. The outcome of an appeal is final for that submission; a substantially revised manuscript may be submitted as a new submission.

• Concerns about a posted item. Reports of suspected plagiarism, fabrication, image manipulation, undisclosed AI use, consent or privacy problems, or errors are acknowledged, assessed by an editor without a conflict of interest, and may lead to a correction, an error notice or withdrawal, as set out in the Integrity Guide. The identity of the person reporting is kept confidential where possible.

• Complaints about SciViD. Complaints about the editorial process or the conduct of editors are handled by an editor not involved in the matter, in line with the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Complaints involving the Editorial Director are handled by Dr. Udit Choudhury, Collections Editor.

 

VII. Comments on posted items

• Who may comment. Registered site members may comment on posted items; guest commenting is disabled.

• Status. Comments are not peer review and are not screened before they appear. They do not change the status of an item. Authors may reply, and substantive corrections are made in a new version, as described in Section V.

• Content. Comments should address the scientific content of the item, such as its methods, data, interpretation, labeling or references. Personal attacks, personal data of other people, advertising and allegations of misconduct are not permitted in comments; suspected misconduct should be reported to editor@scivid.net, as set out in Section VI.

• Moderation. Editors remove comments that breach these rules and may close comments on an item. Anyone may ask the editors to review a comment by writing to editor@scivid.net.

• Authors under 18. Comments are closed on items with an author under 18.

 

Join the team

SciViD welcomes researchers, educators and industry professionals who would like to screen submissions in their field, guest-edit a thematic collection or advise on the platform. We particularly welcome editors with no NanoTRIZ affiliation to screen work from its mentoring program. Write to editor@scivid.net with a short description of your expertise and the role you are interested in.