How to cite this resource

Current release: v1.1.0

To cite the current published version of this research and educational resource, use:

Rudkin, Simon. (2026). AI-Assisted Social Science Research: Methods, Governance and Reason Provenance (Version 1.1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23437397

Release date: 17 October 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

The DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23437397 identifies the archived v1.1.0 source. Its corresponding GitHub release is tagged v1.1.0.

Earlier archived release: v1.0.0

Rudkin, Simon. (2026). AI-Assisted Social Science Research: Methods, Governance and Reason Provenance (Version 1.0.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23428193

The DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23428193 identifies the first public release, preserved under the GitHub tag v1.0.0. The new release does not overwrite that archival object.

Choosing the right citation

Cite the specific archived release actually used rather than assuming all versions contain the same material. A later version will receive a separate version-specific DOI if and when it is published.

The repository provides machine-readable CITATION.cff metadata for the current scholarly release. The GitHub repository is called GenerativeAI; the scholarly title is AI-Assisted Social Science Research: Methods, Governance and Reason Provenance.

Academic Writing Filter

When using the separately hosted manuscript-governance artefact, cite it separately:

Rudkin, S. (2026). Academic Writing Filter (October 2026 release).

Academic Writing Filter public project page. The filter is not republished or relicensed by this resource.

Manuscript-governance working paper

Rudkin, S. (2026). From Writing Advice to Manuscript Governance: A Constrained-Transformation Framework for Academic Revision. Working paper.

No DOI or formal publication record for this working paper is asserted here. See Related manuscripts and artefacts for the relationship among the materials.

Release and citation stewardship

This repository is a research and educational resource, not a software release. Historical and future release procedures are maintained in the GitHub setup documentation, rather than in the public citation guidance. Cite an archival record using the metadata associated with that particular version.