Who we are, and what we stand for
Mr Researcher was built by researchers who kept running into the same problem: the tools, the training, the job listings, and the news a medical researcher needs are scattered across a hundred places — and most of them sit behind an institutional login you may not have.
Our aim is one place where any medical researcher, anywhere in the world, has real access to the tools, the training, and the opportunities that until now depended on which institution you happened to work for.
We build for the researcher who was taught to treat patients, not to publish, and who has been left to work the rest out alone. Whatever stage you are at, the aim is that you never have to guess what comes next.
Most research websites are vague about who runs them and what they will and won’t do. Vagueness protects them. This page is the opposite of that.
Founded by Abbas Balouchi, PhD, MSN, BSN
A nurse and researcher with a doctorate in Nursing Science and roughly a decade of clinical and academic experience — in non-communicable diseases, systematic reviews, qualitative methodology, and global health. Former Dean of a school of nursing and medical sciences.
Mr Researcher is built with a growing group of researchers and clinicians who review our tools and advise on our guides. If you’d like to contribute, get in touch.
What we will not do
- We do not write your paper. Our tools search, screen, check, and structure. The interpretation and the words remain yours.
- We do not sell authorship. We will never appear as an author on your work, never add you to someone else’s, and never broker author positions.
- We do not fabricate citations. Every reference we surface points to a real, verifiable record. If we cannot source a claim, we do not make it.
- We do not promise publication or acceptance. No legitimate service can, and any service that does is not one you should use.
If you are reviewing someone else’s manuscript, please don’t upload it here — or to any other AI system. The confidentiality you agreed to when you accepted the review covers that, and it’s an easy thing to overlook.
How to disclose our tools in your paper
ICMJE, COPE, and WAME all reach the same conclusion for the same reason: AI tools cannot be listed as authors, because authorship carries accountability and a software system cannot be accountable. AI assistance must be disclosed. We agree — and we want you to follow those rules when you use us.
Never list Mr Researcher, or any AI tool, as an author or co-author. Do disclose how you used us: writing or language assistance goes in the acknowledgements; searching, screening, extraction, or analysis goes in the methods. Mention it in your cover letter either way, and check your target journal’s own policy — requirements vary.
“Literature searching and reference verification were supported by Mr Researcher [tool, version]. All decisions were reviewed and confirmed by the authors, who take full responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the work.”
Where our tools have limits — and what that means for you
AI output can sound authoritative and still be wrong. That is a property of the technology, not a bug we have solved, so work with us accordingly.
Coverage has limits. Our retraction check matches your references against the Retraction Watch database, distributed by Crossref and updated every working day. A retraction that has not yet been recorded there will not be flagged. Matching is by DOI first and by title where no DOI exists, so an incomplete reference may not match at all.
A clean result is not a guarantee. It means we found no recorded problem — not that none exists. Our checks reduce risk; they do not remove your responsibility for what you cite.
Screening and extraction need checking. Where our tools screen studies or pull data from tables and figures, treat the output as a first pass to review, never as a finished result. Drafts are a starting structure for you to rewrite in your own words and your own judgement.
When we get something wrong, tell us. We would rather hear it than not.
Your data
We do not use your data to train AI models. Not your searches, not your reference lists, not your manuscripts. We do not sell your data to publishers, recruiters, or anyone else. Anything you upload is stored only to provide the service to you, and you can delete it permanently at any time. Full detail in our privacy policy.
Conflicts of interest
Everything on the site today is free. Some tools will be paid later — we’ll always tell you which, before you use them..
No journal can pay to appear in our journal finder, to rank higher in it, or to avoid being flagged. No institution can pay for placement on our jobs board — we aggregate public listings and link to the original posting. We are not a recruiter and take no payment from employers.
We also intend to conduct and publish peer-reviewed research on barriers to research and publication among medical and nursing researchers. Where that research relates to this service, we declare the commercial interest in the paper itself, as required.
Tell us when we fall short
If a tool gave you a wrong result, a listing is out of date, a journal we recommended looks predatory, or anything on this site falls short of what is written above — info@mrresearcher.com.
This site will keep growing. Much of what is here now is a beginning rather than a finished thing, and what we build next depends heavily on what researchers tell us they are stuck on. If something you need is missing, that is worth an email too.