EDITORIAL STANDARDS
Useful science requires honest boundaries.
How the MPP Research Desk sources, reviews, frames, and updates educational content.
Standards reviewed: · Editorial owner: MPP Research Desk
Our publishing principles
- Start with primary evidence.
Peer-reviewed primary studies, authoritative analytical methods, and persistent identifiers such as DOI or PubMed records are prioritized over summaries and marketing claims.
- Name the model.
Cell, animal, analytical, and human evidence are clearly distinguished.
- Separate observation from inference.
Mechanistic hypotheses are identified as hypotheses.
- Exclude clinical direction.
Content does not provide diagnosis, treatment, administration, or dosing guidance.
- Review and update.
Published briefs display an editorial owner, publication date, review date, primary references, and a material-update note. Drafts remain excluded from public indexing until citation review is complete.