What we do not take on, and why

The test we apply

Will readers, your institution and your funders be told correctly who is named as an author and who is responsible for the content? If yes, we can help. If not, we decline.

We do not

• produce papers, proofs or manuscripts for you to publish under your name alone without disclosing our role;
• write or do any part of theses (bachelor's, master's or doctoral) or coursework;
• build up publication records for hiring, promotion or grant reviews;
• guarantee acceptance, a pass or funding;
• split one job into smaller orders to stay under a purchasing threshold.

Why

• Research integrity. Listing people who do not qualify as authors is treated as research misconduct.
• To protect you. If it comes out, you are the one who faces the consequences.
• The law and our tools' terms. England, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, among others, prohibit providing or advertising paid cheating services to students. The AI services we use prohibit submitting AI-assisted work without proper attribution.

What we do, with disclosure

• joint research with us as co-authors;
• contracted parts of a project (computation, code, formal verification, literature review), with our role in the acknowledgements;
• checking a proof before submission, with you as the author and our help disclosed as the journal requires;
• workshops and support on AI-agent research workflows, where you do the research;
• contract R&D for companies, with ownership set by contract.

Requests from students

If you are a student and the work touches a thesis or coursework, we need written confirmation from your supervisor or university that this help is permitted. We send the form when you contact us.

Adopted on 10 November 2026. We will review it as laws and journal policies change.