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Independent review pendingDataset 2026.08-calibration-3

Check the evidence for The University of Texas at Austin.

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.

First pass
2026-08-28
Dimensions
6/6 mapped
Official sources
1

Reviewer declaration

Independence is part of the evidence.

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

UT Austin offers substantial publishing, repository, copyright, and data support, but the public path is fragmented across guides.

Standout signal

Scholarly-communication specialists and Research Data Services cover both publication rights and research-data publishing.

Clearest opportunity

Create a central researcher lifecycle hub with explicit manuscript-readiness and journal-selection steps.

Dimension review

Check the score, note, and evidence boundary.

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.

Findability and navigation

13/15

A researcher can find a coherent support hub, subject expertise, and a clear route to help.

Scholarly communication and research-data services are discoverable, though often through subject guides rather than one central hub.

□ Confirmed   □ Corrected   □ Insufficient evidence

Reviewer note: __________________________________________

Literature search and evidence synthesis

12/15

The institution offers practical help with searching, evidence synthesis, citations, and research discovery.

Subject specialists, research help, data discovery, and citation tools support evidence work.

□ Confirmed   □ Corrected   □ Insufficient evidence

Reviewer note: __________________________________________

Manuscript preparation and submission

14/20

Researchers can find guidance for writing, reporting, publication strategy, and preparing work for submission.

Scholarly-communication experts assist the publication process, with limited general manuscript-submission templates.

□ Confirmed   □ Corrected   □ Insufficient evidence

Reviewer note: __________________________________________

Open access, copyright, and publishing

17/20

Public support covers publishing options, open access, rights, repositories, and author-cost questions.

Open access, author rights, copyright, Texas ScholarWorks, and publishing guidance are explicit.

□ Confirmed   □ Corrected   □ Insufficient evidence

Reviewer note: __________________________________________

Integrity, reproducibility, data, and AI

18/20

Researchers can access data-management, reproducibility, research-integrity, and responsible-AI guidance.

Research Data Services cover management plans, curation, software, repositories, publishing data, and workshops.

□ Confirmed   □ Corrected   □ Insufficient evidence

Reviewer note: __________________________________________

Practical access and maintenance

9/10

Help is actionable through consultations, workshops, templates, accessible pages, and current maintenance.

Specialist consultations and workshops provide practical access.

□ Confirmed   □ Corrected   □ Insufficient evidence

Reviewer note: __________________________________________

Official evidence review

Open every source before deciding.

Source 1

UT Austin scholarly communication and data services

Open official source ↗

The official guide connects scholarly communication, open access, the institutional repository, data services, GIS, and copyright help.

Supports: Findability, Evidence, Manuscript, Publishing, Integrity and data, Access

Source resolves and is institution-owned: □ Yes   □ No

Independent outcome

Record a decision that can be audited.

Outcome: □ Confirmed   □ Corrected

Required note: ________________________________________________________________

Official evidence supporting any correction: _______________________________________

Reviewed on (YYYY-MM-DD): __________________

Email completed reviewAttach the completed Markdown or PDF. Manusights verifies corrections before updating the public record.