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How SCVS Assessment Works

SCVS organizes publicly observable evidence into five decision-oriented categories. Results are automated risk assessments, not endorsements, guarantees, or human verification.

Audit flow

  1. 1

    Collect evidence

    SCVS fetches the submitted official page and relevant public web evidence.

  2. 2

    Assess evidence

    The engine compares identity, governance, publication, registration, reputation and operator signals.

  3. 3

    Explain the result

    SCVS presents an evidence score, coverage level and five concise category explanations for researcher judgment.

Evidence categories

The public categories explain what the assessment covers without publishing proprietary detection rules.

01

Digital Identity & Website Security

The report shows a status, coverage band and the most decision-relevant observable finding.

02

Academic Governance & Review

The report shows a status, coverage band and the most decision-relevant observable finding.

03

Publication & Indexing Integrity

The report shows a status, coverage band and the most decision-relevant observable finding.

04

Venue & Registration Transparency

The report shows a status, coverage band and the most decision-relevant observable finding.

05

Reputation & Operator Signals

The report shows a status, coverage band and the most decision-relevant observable finding.

Score and coverage are different

Evidence score

Summarizes the strength of evidence that SCVS was able to assess at that time.

Evidence coverage

Shows whether enough relevant public evidence was accessible. A score with low coverage should be treated cautiously.