Editorial and Evidence Review Policy
How sources, study designs, numerical claims, commercial conflicts, AI assistance, corrections and publication thresholds are handled.
Last updated: September 2026
Scope and Commercial Interest
This website publishes product-family dossiers, study reviews, comparisons, regulatory context and analytical-quality guides for research-material procurement. The website also accepts commercial enquiries for research materials; that relationship is a potential conflict of interest and is disclosed on evidence-led pages.
Published content is educational and procurement-oriented. It is not medical advice, a clinical recommendation, an administration guide or independent peer review.
Source Priority
- Primary peer-reviewed research is preferred for study methods, populations, endpoints and numerical results.
- Regulator labels, safety communications, assessment documents and trial registries are preferred for approval, safety and development status.
- Authoritative chemical databases may support identity context but do not verify a supplied lot.
- Sponsor announcements are labeled as sponsor-reported and are not treated as peer-reviewed outcomes.
- Secondary reviews provide context and do not replace the underlying primary record when one is available.
Evidence Extraction and Boundaries
- Editors record the study model or population, design, intervention, comparator, duration, endpoints and reported numerical result where relevant.
- Human, animal, in-vitro, analytical, registry and sponsor evidence are kept visibly distinct.
- An approved finished medicine is not treated as evidence that a catalog research material is clinically interchangeable.
- HPLC area purity, intact mass, assay, water, counterion and residual-solvent measurements are not treated as equivalent quantities.
- Where identity, composition or lot documentation is not independently available, the page states that limitation instead of inferring a result.
Review, Updates and Corrections
Pages display a last source-check date or editorial status where the workflow has been completed. Regulatory and development-status pages should be rechecked when a new label, regulator action, trial record or primary publication appears.
Corrections are made when a cited source no longer supports the wording, a numerical extraction is wrong, a material identity is ambiguous or a page overstates the applicable evidence. Substantive changes should update the page modification date.
AI-Assisted Production
Automation or generative tools may assist with drafting, formatting, image concepts, deduplication and source organization. They are not accepted as evidence. Citations, numerical claims, study models, regulatory status and evidence boundaries must be checked against the linked source record before a page is marked reviewed.
Publication Threshold
- Each indexable article must answer a distinct research question and add analysis beyond a product page summary.
- Pages without adequate source support remain on editorial hold, are merged into a stronger page or are excluded from search indexing.
- Customer or project case studies are published only with authorization and verifiable methods and outcomes; no synthetic testimonials or cases are created for search traffic.
Press release versus full paper: how to make sense of different results
The same study may first have a press release, then a conference abstract, and then the full paper. When you see different numbers or wording, first check the version, time point, and what was analyzed.
First record what the source is
Press releases usually highlight selected results; conference abstracts have limited space; full papers make it easier to check methods, analyses, and limitations; registration records also help verify the research question and status. The type of source itself should be stated directly to readers.
If the numbers differ, first look for four reasons
Are they from different time points? Are they from different populations or subgroups? Are they using different analysis methods? Is one describing within-group change while the other describes the difference versus a control? These differences can all make the numbers look different.
For example, suppose a press release says one group decreased by 10%, while the paper says it decreased by 7 percentage points more than the control: if the control decreased by 3%, the two may be describing different comparisons and are not necessarily contradictory. This example is a teaching calculation, not a result from a peptide trial.
Which source should you use?
When describing research methods and final analyses, prioritize the verifiable original paper and registration materials, and keep the date of that version. The latest official correction, retraction, or revision should be read together with the original text.
Preliminary announcements have value for timeliness, but parts where method details have not been made public must be stated as such and cannot be filled in on your own. When conflicts between materials cannot be resolved, list the differences rather than choosing the more appealing number in place of judgment.
How should website corrections be made understandable to readers?
Explain what was changed, why it was changed, which source it was based on, and when it was updated. If the revision changes the conclusion, state the change clearly; if only a link or spelling was corrected, do not pretend that a new study was added.
Product associations follow the same standard
Product cards help readers find related research materials and ask about documentation. They do not turn a study’s findings into a supplier guarantee. Findings from a complete formulation, a specific preparation or a particular batch must keep that scope.
| Field | What to record |
|---|---|
| Source and date | Press release, abstract, paper, registration, or correction |
| Population and time point | Whether it is the same analysis population and follow-up time |
| Endpoint and comparison | Within-group change, control difference, and units |
| Analysis method | Which type of estimate and handling method was used |
| Version used and reason | Final cited source and remaining differences |
Download the Chinese worksheet (TXT; copy and edit as needed)
Check which version you are citing
Check the journal’s article page for corrections, retractions or newer versions, and retain the DOI and access date. ICMJE’s version-control recommendations emphasize identifiable changes and links between versions. Keeping the source and revision note lets colleagues trace the conclusion rather than hide an old error beneath a replacement page.
Original sources and further reading
Sources checked on 2026-10-13. Findings apply to the models and materials studied. Batch quality requires records for the actual batch.
