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Accessibility

Our accessibility commitments, known gaps and how to report a problem.

Last updated: 15 October 2026

The Scholaris Labs group, made up of Scholaris Labs UK Limited and Kopili Technologies Private Limited, wants SciNodes to be usable by as many researchers, students and educators as possible, including people with disabilities. This statement applies to:

  • www.scinodes.com, app.scinodes.com, sciverse.scinodes.com, academy.scinodes.com, docs.scinodes.com and support.scinodes.com;
  • any regional mirrors (together, the "Service").

1. Our standard

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA. These guidelines are also the basis of:

  • EN 301 549, the harmonised European standard used under the European Accessibility Act;
  • the accessibility standards that apply in India under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

2. Conformance status

The Service is partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 AA. This means that some parts do not yet fully conform. Section 4 lists the known gaps. We have not yet completed an independent accessibility audit.

3. What we do to support accessibility

  • Display preferences. Light and dark themes, a choice of platform fonts, and a date format setting, all of which persist between sessions.
  • Responsive layouts. Pages work with browser zoom up to 200% and with operating-system text scaling.
  • Semantic structure. We use semantic HTML and ARIA attributes for navigation, menus, dialogs and form controls.
  • Keyboard use. Most features can be operated with a keyboard, with visible focus indicators.
  • Text alternatives for visual analyses.
    • Every network map is built from a publication list that can also be viewed as a table.
    • Maps can be exported as images.
    • The AI research assistant can describe and summarise a map or corpus in text.
  • PDF reading. The reader can convert PDFs to structured text (Markdown) for use with screen readers, and AI features can translate and explain terms.
  • Accessibility in development. We include accessibility checks in our design and code review process.

4. Known limitations

AreaLimitationWorkaround
Network maps (co-authorship, citation, co-occurrence and similar)These are interactive canvas or SVG visualisations. Individual nodes and edges are not fully exposed to screen readers, and some colour encodings may not have enough contrast.Use the corpus table view, the publication lists and the AI assistant's text summaries of the map.
Drag-and-drop interactions (work desk, folders, map ordering)Some reordering actions do not yet have a full keyboard alternative.Use context menus or move actions where available, or contact us for help.
PDF documentsAccessibility depends on the original publisher's file. Scanned or untagged PDFs may not be readable by screen readers.Use the text (Markdown) conversion where it is available.
Third-party contentSign-in windows (Google, Microsoft), payment pages (Stripe, Razorpay) and publisher websites are controlled by third parties.Email-and-password sign-in is available as an alternative.
Academy video contentSome videos may not yet have captions or transcripts.Ask us for a transcript.

We are working to fix these limitations.

5. Compatibility

The Service is designed to work with current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, and with common assistive technologies, including:

  • NVDA and JAWS on Windows;
  • VoiceOver on macOS and iOS;
  • TalkBack on Android.

The Service is not designed for older browsers.

6. Feedback and requests for alternative formats

If you hit an accessibility barrier, or need information in another format such as large print, plain text or a transcript, please contact us:

When you get in touch, please tell us the page or feature, what you were trying to do, and the assistive technology you use. We aim to reply within 5 working days.

7. Enforcement and complaints

If you are not satisfied with our response, you can complain to the relevant body:

  • United Kingdom: the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS). In Northern Ireland, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.
  • European Union: the national market-surveillance authority responsible for the European Accessibility Act in your member state.
  • India: the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, or the State Commissioner in your state.

This statement takes account of the following laws, where they apply to us:

  • the Equality Act 2010 (UK);
  • the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) as implemented in EU member states;
  • the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (India) and the rules made under it;
  • in the United States, the Americans with Disabilities Act.