NationCite's Privacy Policy

We collect information you provide directly to us, including your name, email address, institutional affiliation, ORCID identifier, professional credentials, and any other information you choose to provide when registering for an account or using our services.

We automatically collect certain information when you use our platform, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, device information, pages viewed, and the dates/times of your visits. This helps us improve our services and ensure platform security.

For researchers and medical professionals, we may collect publication data, citation metrics, h-index calculations, and other scholarly metrics from publicly available academic databases to provide our ranking and analytics services.

We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our services, including calculating citation metrics, generating researcher rankings, and displaying leaderboard information.

Your information helps us communicate with you about your account, respond to inquiries, provide customer support, and send important notices about changes to our services or policies.

We may use aggregated, anonymized data for research purposes, trend analysis, and to improve the overall quality and accuracy of our academic metrics and ranking algorithms.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. Your data is shared only as described in this policy or with your explicit consent.

Public profile information, including your name, institutional affiliation, and scholarly metrics, may be displayed on our public leaderboards and ranking pages as part of our core service offering.

We may share information with service providers who assist us in operating our platform, conducting our business, or serving our users, provided they agree to keep this information confidential.

We may disclose information if required by law, legal process, or government request, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of NationCite, our users, or the public.

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Your account is protected by a password for your privacy and security. We use industry-standard encryption protocols (SSL/TLS) to protect data transmitted to and from our platform.

While we strive to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

You may access, update, or delete your account information at any time through your dashboard settings. You can also request a complete export of your data.

You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions in those messages. You will continue to receive essential service-related communications.

Depending on your location, you may have additional rights under applicable data protection laws, including the right to access, rectify, port, or erase your data, and to restrict or object to certain processing.

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

When you delete your account, we will delete or anonymize your personal information within 30 days, except where we are required to retain certain information for legal or legitimate business purposes.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and store information about your preferences and activity on our platform. This helps us provide a personalized experience and improve our services.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may limit your ability to use certain features of our platform.

Our platform may contain links to third-party websites, services, or applications. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence. These countries may have data protection laws different from your country. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for international transfers.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the 'Last Updated' date.

Your continued use of our services after any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at privacy@nationcite.com or through our Contact page.