Changelog

The form for emailing users about a post is wider, with full-width fields and a larger message box.

If your verification request is still pending, you can send a new one a week after the previous request.

The researchers page now lists the most recently added researchers first, with a new "Date added" sort option.

Admins now see each researcher's email address when verifying accounts.

Co-authors listed with a shortened name are now matched to the right researcher, duplicate external co-authors are merged, and unverified profiles are no longer shown.

Search boxes in selection lists now match words regardless of hamza, ta marbuta or ya spelling.

The college page has a new mobile-friendly layout with a map, contact cards, status badges and clearer statistics.

College report filters now use searchable dropdowns with dependent university/college selection, and institute/college/department edit pages support name sorting and parent-based filtering.

The separate admin Services page was merged into the Dashboard and Statistics pages; old bookmarks still redirect correctly.

When resolving ORCID, Scopus, or Web of Science IDs, the platform now also fills in missing DOIs on the researcher's articles.

After syncing Google Scholar articles, the platform now tries to resolve missing `Article.Doi` values through OpenAlex using article title, year, and researcher name.

ORCID discovery now falls back to OpenAlex title search when DOI-based lookup is not enough, helping recover ORCID, Scopus Author ID, and Web of Science identifiers more reliably.

The metrics strip on researcher profiles is now a cleaner grid of stat tiles.

Login sessions were extended from one hour to thirty days.

CSS preload, re-ordered middleware, lazy-loaded images, and better focus/contrast states.

Filled in missing UI translations and fixed RTL layout issues across the platform.

Routes now respect the active culture, with better meta tags and response compression.

Better researcher search UX, Google Translate for bios, and refined AI bio generation.

Profiles and reports now generate with QuestPDF and support custom fonts.

Styles now use the v4 pipeline and modern utility classes (bg-linear-to and friends).

Replaced dynamic DOM rendering with declarative Alpine templates for faster, more reliable UX.

Bumped core NuGet packages to newer stable versions across the solution.

Step-by-step Python environment setup so Scopus and Google Scholar services run reliably.

Project now targets net10.0 with refreshed dependencies.

Better SMTP compatibility and consistent delivery settings across environments.

Replaced System.Net.Mail with MailKit and added a logging email sender implementation.

Refreshed NuGet dependencies and addressed lingering registration issues.

Kept NuGet packages up to date and cleaned up outdated code paths.

Brought Google Scholar and Scopus integrations in line with the latest APIs.

Refreshed NuGet packages and removed unused files to slim the project.