Qualified reviewers in days, at a price you know in advance.
Reviews in days, not months. The manuscript never leaves our perimeter, every AI action is logged and disclosed, and a human signs the report. AI accelerates. The human signs.
- Matching by specialty, language and turnaround time
- Checked for conflicts of interest
- Closed perimeter for the manuscript, with a configurable AI policy
- Escrow payment with a transparent take rate
- Exportable audit trail for your integrity files
AI at journal's discretion. Always under custody.
What 91% of top medical journals forbid is uploading manuscripts to third-party AI systems — a confidentiality problem, not an AI problem. Probatus closes the perimeter instead of banning the tool.
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Perimeter
AI touching manuscript content only runs inside the platform, on models with no retention and no training, under the policy each journal chooses.
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Provenance
Every AI action is recorded: what it did, when, and whether the human accepted or rejected it. Disclosure is generated from the trail, not self-declared.
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Authority
Tools produce evidence, checks and questions — never a verdict, score or recommendation. The reviewer signs the report and decides item by item.
Available today: closed perimeter, confidential storage, human-signed reports and a verifiable record. On the roadmap: metadata layer, in-perimeter copilot, exportable provenance trail.
Compared to how reviews get commissioned today
| Probatus | Traditional invitations | Recognition platforms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reviewer is paid | Yes — reviewer sets the price | No | Points or partial rewards |
| Reviewer anonymity | Double-blind by construction | Editor knows the reviewer | Verified public identity |
| Time to find a reviewer | Days — open calls plus matching | Weeks to months, 2.4 invites per review | Varies |
| AI handling | Closed perimeter, logged provenance | Self-declared by the reviewer | Not the focus |
| Money and compliance | Escrow, KYC and payouts handled | Journal's own problem | Partial |
The questions editors actually ask
- Pilot journals get 50% off their first 20 reviews, and a monthly quota plan is coming for societies with an annual budget. We do not discount below the price floor, because that is what keeps reviewers in the pool.
- No. The journal — never the author — funds the review, the payment is for the work of reviewing, and it is released whatever the outcome. Reviewers are paid identically for a positive or a negative report. Reviewers are paid by quality within deadline. Not by their recommendations to the Editors.
- Reviewers stay anonymous, conflicts of interest are blocked before matching, and the editorial decision stays entirely with the journal. Probatus never sees or influences the decision.
- The report is written inside the platform, every AI action is recorded, and the quality check scores grounding: does the review cite real sections, point to evidence, cover methods? We measure quality, not origin.
- Yes. Every request carries a verifiable record, and the provenance trail is exportable for your integrity files and for authors who ask.
Pilot cohort
Run a subsidised pilot with your journal
Five journals, 90 days, 50% off the first 20 reviews. We set matching up with you, measure fill rate and time-to-review, and you decide afterwards whether to continue at full price.
- No setup cost and no lock-in
- Weekly report on fill rate, turnaround and QC approval
- Direct line to the founding team