The Platform

One capability, two views.

Triage every collaboration fast, then investigate the few that warrant a closer look — with a record you can defend either way. When counsel or a faculty member asks why a researcher was flagged, "the algorithm said so" isn't an answer a research security office can stand behind. SYSWERX is built on the opposite premise: every score is itemized, cited to a named authority, and dated.

Two modules

Screen, then investigate.

Two ways in — resolve a single subject to a sourced risk picture, or reveal and explore the network around them. Both share one engine, so they never disagree.

Screen

Screener

Fast triage from a single ORCID iD.

The everyday tool: resolve any researcher to a clear, sourced risk picture in moments — so your team spends its hours on the cases that warrant them, with the evidence already assembled.

  • A cited, five factor screening ledger in seconds
  • Pulls the full publication record, co-author network, research topics, and funding automatically
  • Every score itemized and traced to a named, dated authority
  • Human review gate with a versioned, printable record
  • Batch screening: run an entire roster, worst first
  • Case history that shows exactly what changed since the last screening
  • Compact vector PDF report, every indicator itemized
Run many, surface the few.
Investigate

Network Analyzer

See what a CV won't reveal.

The deep-dive: map the relationships behind a subject — the collaborations, funders, and affiliations that never appear on a résumé — and turn a flag into an assessment.

  • Explore the collaboration graph and see where flags cluster
  • Import co-authors, add analyst notes, and document overrides
  • Re-screen the network or the full record on demand
  • Relationship timeline: replay a collaboration as it evolved
  • Link two ORCID records as one subject, scored worst case
  • Exposes the connections that reshape the narrative
Turn a flag into an assessment.
Inside the platform

Watch it work.

One take from the live product, no edits: a screening resolves to a cited record in seconds — then an investigation unfolds in the Network Analyzer. One researcher becomes their co-author network in a click; follow a connection, import theirs too, and watch the flagged institutions cluster. Subject and co-authors anonymized; the institutions, citations, and scores are exactly what an analyst sees.

A live investigation: screen, map the co-author network, follow a connection, import theirs — 103 entities and 87 flags later, the picture is unmistakable.
One engine

Both tools. One scoring engine. One watchlist.

Screener and Network Analyzer run the identical scoring engine and the same signed, cited watchlist. Screen a researcher in either one and the score — and the evidence behind it — are the same, by construction. No conflicting numbers, no second opinion to reconcile.

850+
Active watchlist entries — every one cited to a named authority
5
Scoring factors, itemized on every record
1
Engine behind both tools — same subject, same score
Monthly
Watchlist verification against federal source lists, signature checked on every load
Why it holds up

Defensible by design.

Three properties that make a SYSWERX result something a research security office can put in front of an auditor, an agency sponsor, or its own general counsel.

Auditable

Show your work

Every score traces to a cited, dated authority — BIS Entity List, NDAA §1286, ASPI, and more. Not a black box, and not a number without a source.

Secured

Handled responsibly

Scoring runs server side in a secured vault — the logic and watchlist never ship to the browser. Only results are returned, and every screening is written to an audit log.

Maintained

Always current

A signed watchlist feed tracks authority-list changes, verified monthly and signature-checked on load — never a stale snapshot.

A screening and prioritization aid — not a finding of wrongdoing and not a basis for adverse action without independent corroboration and human review. Human review stays in the loop. Nationality, ethnicity, and national origin are never scoring inputs.
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See both tools screen a live record.

Put SYSWERX on a profile of your choosing inside your environment — no install, no commitment. The clearest way to understand the platform is to watch it surface what others overlook.