PubChat User Assessment Study Protocol: Usability and Acceptability Survey
Xuenan Zhuang, Jinyun Jiang, Huanzi Lu · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026
This record archives the user assessment study protocol for the PubChat usability and acceptability survey. The user assessment was conducted as an exploratory, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey of first-time PubChat users after exposure to the PubChat literature retrieval system. The protocol documents the survey objectives, study design, recruitment approach, eligibility criteria, consent procedures, questionnaire structure, outcome measures, data-quality screening rules, scoring framework, statistical analysis approach, confidentiality procedures, and retrospective archival statement. This protocol was publicly archived after completion of survey data collection and analysis to improve transparency and reproducibility.