Terms of Service
Last updated: July 2026
1. Acceptance of these terms
RAGScholar (accessible at https://RAGScholar.com, referred to as "RAGScholar," "we," "us") provides an AI-assisted tool that helps you draft structured research article outlines and content. By using RAGScholar, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you don't agree with them, please don't use the site.
2. What RAGScholar does
RAGScholar takes the topic, field, methodology, and other details you provide and uses an AI model to generate a structured draft research paper — including an abstract, introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, and reference list.
RAGScholar is a drafting aid, not a research service. It does not conduct original research, collect real data on your behalf, or guarantee the accuracy of any generated content.
3. AI-generated content: please verify everything
The content RAGScholar produces is generated by an AI language model and is provided as a starting draft only. Like any AI system, it can:
- State things confidently that are inaccurate or outdated
- Generate references that look real but may be incomplete, mismatched, or fabricated
- Produce statistics, figures, or study results that are illustrative rather than real, when you have not supplied your own data
You are responsible for fact-checking, verifying every reference, and validating any data or statistics before relying on, submitting, or publishing anything RAGScholar generates. Every generated draft includes a disclaimer to this effect — please don't remove it or treat the output as a finished, verified paper.
4. Academic integrity
RAGScholar is meant to help you structure and draft your own work faster — not to be submitted as-is in place of your own writing. You're responsible for complying with your institution's, publisher's, or journal's policies on the use of AI tools and for properly attributing your work. Passing off unedited AI output as your own original research may violate academic integrity rules that apply to you; that's between you and your institution, not something RAGScholar can determine for you.
5. Acceptable use
Please don't use RAGScholar to:
- Generate content for illegal purposes, or content that is defamatory, hateful, or harassing
- Attempt to overload, scrape, or abuse the service (e.g. automated bulk requests)
- Misrepresent AI-generated content as verified, peer-reviewed, or human-authored research when submitting it elsewhere
We may limit or suspend access for anyone misusing the service.
6. Your content and ownership
You retain ownership of the topic, instructions, and any data you submit, and of the draft RAGScholar generates for you. We don't claim ownership over your generated papers.
7. Third-party services
RAGScholar sends the details you submit (topic, field, methodology, instructions, and any data you upload) to a third-party AI provider (OpenAI) in order to generate your draft, and uses Google Analytics to understand site usage. See our Privacy Policy for details. Your use of RAGScholar is also subject to those providers' own terms where applicable.
8. No warranty; limitation of liability
RAGScholar is provided "as is" and free of charge, without warranties of any kind, including accuracy, completeness, or fitness for a particular purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, RAGScholar and its operator are not liable for any damages, academic consequences, or losses arising from your use of, or reliance on, content generated by this tool.
9. Changes to the service or these terms
We may update RAGScholar's features or these Terms from time to time. Continuing to use the site after changes are posted means you accept the updated terms. We'll update the "Last updated" date above when we do.
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11. Contact
Questions about these Terms? Reach us at ragscholar@gmail.com or visit our Contact page.