Publication readiness gate: evidence, experiments, manuscript, and submission package

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Objective

Create a hard gate before any external submission to ensure the paper is academically defensible and reproducible.

Linked workstreams

• Literature lock: finalize Fu et al. (2025) and Roumeliotis et al. (2025) bibliographic metadata #1 Literature lock
• Implement recursive stability test harness in specsmith #2 Recursive stability harness
• Run epistemic friction analysis with synthetic noise injection #3 Epistemic friction analysis
• Draft full manuscript sections for arXiv package #4 Manuscript draft completion
• Submission prep: PhilSci-Archive, OpenReview, ResearchGate, and BitConcepts whitepaper #5 Submission prep

Readiness gates (all required)

Gate A — Citation lock

• All placeholder citations removed from �rxiv/references.bib
• Every major claim in �rxiv/main.tex traceable to a primary source
• CITATION.cff metadata aligned with manuscript scope/version
• Citation style and keys consistent across all files

Gate B — Experimental evidence lock

• Recursive stability experiment executed with reproducible config and seeds
• Epistemic friction experiment executed with documented noise protocol
• Results exported as machine-readable artifacts (CSV/JSON)
• Statistical reporting includes uncertainty (CI or equivalent) and effect deltas

Gate C — Manuscript quality lock

• Introduction and related work clearly distinguish established findings vs. hypotheses
• Methods section describes protocol with enough detail for independent replication
• Results section reports measured values (no placeholders)
• Discussion includes limitations, threats to validity, and failure modes
• Ethical and governance considerations included for deployment context

Gate D — Submission package lock

• arXiv/PhilSci package compiles to final PDF
• Venue-facing abstracts and metadata are internally consistent
• Final proofreading completed (terminology, formatting, references)
• Distribution assets prepared for PhilSci-Archive, OpenReview, ResearchGate, and BitConcepts whitepaper

Exit condition

Close this issue only when all gates are checked and linked issues are resolved or explicitly waived with rationale.