Aletheia Verify
Verify a publication
For every published version we keep a page stating exactly what the file is, where it is deposited, and which sources you can check yourself.
Every record verifies declared identity, metadata and file integrity. It does not certify scientific correctness, originality, universal priority, legal authorship, peer review or absence of plagiarism.
01 / Method
How to verify
- Open the record for the edition you care about: the link sits on the publication page, or search for it next to this list.
- Compare your file: SHA-256 is computed in your browser and the file is never uploaded.
- Check the sources the page cites: the public archive, the DOI, the source code and the archival copies, where they exist.
02 / Search
Find a record
Paste an AVR identifier, a DOI or a file SHA-256 fingerprint: if it matches something we published, you go straight to its page.
03 / Tool
What a verification record is
A verification record gathers, for a single published version, the things that can be checked: exactly what the file is, the public archive holding it and its DOI, the source code where it is public, and copies kept by independent archives.
The comparison happens in your browser: the file never reaches us, is never retained, and not even its fingerprint is sent anywhere. Every page has a stable address, and its QR leads to that address rather than to the PDF, so verification still works if the file moves.
When one version replaces another, the earlier one stays published with its own data: a line is added to the history, nothing already published is rewritten.
It is not a legal certification or an expert opinion. Knowing what a file is and when it was deposited does not prove that the work is correct, original, or written by whoever claims it.
For organisations
We are building this tool for our own publications. If your organisation needs to show that a delivered document is exactly the one deposited, and that the sources it declares can be checked by the reader, we can talk about it.