Terms of Use

Effective date: 30 September 2026

These terms govern use of Mabrig Researcher Pro, operated under the MABRIG Technologies brand. By submitting an order, using a paid service, depositing repository material, or expressly accepting these terms, you agree to the provisions that apply to that activity.

1. Permitted use

The platform supports legitimate research planning, literature discovery, editing, proofreading, formatting, data-analysis assistance, citation review, journal investigation, publication preparation, repository deposit and related professional services.

2. Academic integrity and user responsibility

You remain responsible for authorship, factual accuracy, source verification, research ethics, approvals, data integrity, citations, AI-use disclosure and compliance with your institution, journal, funder or professional body. Do not use the service to fabricate data or citations, impersonate an author, conceal misconduct, falsify approvals, or submit generated work as your own where doing so violates applicable rules.

3. No outcome guarantee

Research suggestions, similarity results, journal matches, readiness scores, citation checks, grant or publication guidance and AI outputs are decision-support tools. We do not guarantee grades, degree outcomes, plagiarism or AI-detector results, journal acceptance, indexing, citations, peer-review speed, grant awards, funding decisions, scholarship awards or institutional approval.

4. User warranties for submitted material

You confirm that you are authorized to submit the files, text, data, names, contact details and other materials you provide, and that our processing of those materials for the requested service will not knowingly violate another person's confidentiality, privacy, copyright or contractual rights. Do not upload restricted research data, examination materials, confidential records or third-party manuscripts without appropriate authorization.

5. AI-assisted processing

AI features are optional unless clearly included in a selected service. When you select an AI-assisted operation, relevant submitted content may be transmitted to a configured AI provider. AI can make errors, omit context or generate unsuitable wording. You must review output before relying on or submitting it.

6. Repository licence and takedown

If you submit a work for repository publication, you retain ownership of your content. You grant Mabrig Researcher Pro a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to store, reproduce, index, make technical copies of, and publicly display approved metadata and rights-cleared files solely for repository, discovery, preservation and related scholarly-access functions. Approval remains subject to human moderation. We may reject, suspend or remove a deposit where rights, identity, metadata, safety or legal concerns arise.

7. Third-party rights and notices

Publisher policies, licences and self-archiving rules can change. A repository or journal tool does not grant you rights that you do not already possess. Rights holders may contact mabrig@mabrigkorie.org with a supported correction or takedown request.

8. Quotations, payments and service scope

Human-assisted work is governed by the scope, price, currency, deliverables and turnaround communicated for the specific engagement. Third-party fees such as journal charges, data-provider charges, payment fees or external services are separate unless expressly included. A service-specific written quotation may add terms for that engagement; it does not override mandatory law.

9. Refunds and cancellation

Where a paid service is cancelled, any refund depends on the work already performed, irreversible third-party costs, digital deliverables already supplied and applicable consumer law. We do not charge for an outcome that only an external journal, funder, university or other independent decision-maker can control.

10. Service availability

We may change, suspend or discontinue features for maintenance, security, provider changes, legal compliance or product development. Third-party APIs, databases and payment or messaging services may become unavailable or change their terms. Reduced-function fallbacks may be used where available.

11. Intellectual property

Except for user content and third-party materials, the platform interface, software, workflows, branding and original service materials are owned by or licensed to MABRIG Technologies. You may use generated or edited deliverables for the agreed purpose, subject to third-party rights and the academic-integrity obligations above.

12. Security and misuse

You must not probe, bypass, overload or interfere with access controls; attempt unauthorized access to administrative areas or another person's order; upload malware; abuse APIs; scrape protected data; or use the service for unlawful activity. We may restrict access, preserve relevant logs and cooperate with lawful investigations where reasonably necessary.

13. Privacy

Personal information is handled under the Privacy Policy. Optional marketing consent is separate from acceptance of these terms and from the processing required to provide a requested service.

14. Independent third parties and no institutional affiliation

References to universities, journals, Scopus, Google Scholar, Crossref, OpenAlex, Paystack or other external organizations identify third-party institutions or services. Unless expressly stated in writing, they do not imply sponsorship, endorsement, partnership or agency.

15. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the service is provided without a promise that every feature will be uninterrupted or error-free. We are not responsible for independent decisions by journals, funders, institutions or third-party providers. For a paid engagement, and except where law does not permit limitation, aggregate liability arising directly from that engagement will not exceed the amount actually paid to us for the specific affected service. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

16. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, subject to any mandatory rights that apply to you. Before commencing formal proceedings, the parties should first attempt in good faith to resolve a dispute through written notice and reasonable discussion. Unresolved disputes may be brought before a court of competent jurisdiction in Nigeria.

17. Changes and severability

We may update these terms as the platform or applicable requirements change. If a provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply to the extent permitted by law. The effective date identifies the current public version.

18. Contact

Legal, privacy, rights and service enquiries: mabrig@mabrigkorie.org.