This packet lets a second reviewer independently check the official sources and all six first-pass assessments. It evaluates public discoverability, not institutional prestige, research quality, or the private quality of services.
Reviewer declaration
Reviewer name and affiliation: __________________________________
Relevant expertise: ____________________________________________
Conflict with this institution: □ None □ Described below
Conflict note: _________________________________________________
Independence confirmed: □ Yes □ No
Public attribution consent: □ Yes □ No
First-pass summary
Boston University provides a solid research-help foundation with clear repository and open-publishing infrastructure.
OpenBU gives researchers a visible institutional route to preserve and share scholarship.
Connect journal choice, reporting guidance, manuscript preparation, and publishing support in one workflow.
Dimension review
Confirm only when the note is supported by the cited institution-owned pages. A missing public signal means it was not discoverable in the reviewed evidence, not that the service does not exist.
A researcher can find a coherent support hub, subject expertise, and a clear route to help.
The library help hub exposes consultations, subject specialists, data, and scholarly publishing routes.
□ Confirmed □ Corrected □ Insufficient evidence
Reviewer note: __________________________________________
The institution offers practical help with searching, evidence synthesis, citations, and research discovery.
Research help and citation support are clear, while structured evidence-synthesis support is less prominent in the reviewed pages.
□ Confirmed □ Corrected □ Insufficient evidence
Reviewer note: __________________________________________
Researchers can find guidance for writing, reporting, publication strategy, and preparing work for submission.
Faculty services support research and dissemination, with limited centralized manuscript-submission guidance.
□ Confirmed □ Corrected □ Insufficient evidence
Reviewer note: __________________________________________
Public support covers publishing options, open access, rights, repositories, and author-cost questions.
OpenBU and scholarly-publishing services provide a clear route for open access and preservation.
□ Confirmed □ Corrected □ Insufficient evidence
Reviewer note: __________________________________________
Researchers can access data-management, reproducibility, research-integrity, and responsible-AI guidance.
Data and repository support cover important integrity and stewardship needs.
□ Confirmed □ Corrected □ Insufficient evidence
Reviewer note: __________________________________________
Help is actionable through consultations, workshops, templates, accessible pages, and current maintenance.
Direct research-help and specialist contact options are accessible.
□ Confirmed □ Corrected □ Insufficient evidence
Reviewer note: __________________________________________
Official evidence review
The hub connects research help, subject specialists, citations, data, and faculty support.
Supports: Findability, Evidence, Manuscript, Access
Source resolves and is institution-owned: □ Yes □ No
OpenBU preserves and disseminates the university's scholarly output through an institutional repository.
Supports: Publishing, Integrity and data
Source resolves and is institution-owned: □ Yes □ No
Independent outcome
Outcome: □ Confirmed □ Corrected
Required note: ________________________________________________________________
Official evidence supporting any correction: _______________________________________
Reviewed on (YYYY-MM-DD): __________________