Release ledger
Every public version remains inspectable.
The Observatory changes only through named releases. Each entry records the coverage, source-review date, material changes, and immutable files so citations never silently point at a different dataset.
Version 1.5Current release21 journal records
What changed
- Added directly verified Journal of Applied Psychology and Scientific Reports requirements from current official publisher guidance.
- Expanded the pilot into applied psychology and distinguished masked-review transparency from a standard data-availability statement.
- Preserved version 1.4 as an immutable release.
Version 1.4Archived release19 journal records
What changed
- Added directly verified Management Science and JAMA requirements from current official publisher guidance.
- Expanded the pilot to management and operations research while retaining broad clinical-medicine coverage.
- Preserved version 1.3 as an immutable release.
Version 1.3Archived release17 journal records
What changed
- Completed a live rendered verification of the ACM Computing Surveys Author Guidelines after automated access had been incomplete.
- Tightened the ACM Computing Surveys requirement summary to the official survey and tutorial definitions.
- Preserved version 1.2 as an immutable release, including its original partial-access status.
Version 1.2Archived release17 journal records
What changed
- Added five journals across economics, engineering, machine learning, molecular biology, and biological sciences.
- Added Required file as a comparison type for package-level submission differences.
- Verified every new row against a directly accessible official journal page.
- Preserved versions 1.0 and 1.1 as immutable releases.
Version 1.1Archived release12 journal records
What changed
- Added six journals verified against current official publisher or society guidance.
- Added Required statement and Reporting checklist as comparison types.
- Added exact filtered URLs and attributed SVG views for teaching, reporting, and reuse.
- Preserved version 1.0 as an immutable calibration release.
Version 1.0Archived release6 journal records
What changed
- Established the source hierarchy, evidence-status vocabulary, and package-changing requirement unit.
- Published six purposively selected journal records across six publishers.
- Released the first versioned CSV and JSON representations.