An initiative of the World Peptide Foundation · Every experience matters

One clear standard

How WPF evaluates evidence

Science, regulation, and lived experience belong in the same learning destination—but never in the same evidence bucket.

This guide replaces five repetitive methodology pages. The full safeguards remain; the path to understanding them is shorter.

The standard in 60 seconds

Three rules protect the record

01

Evidence stays traceable

Material scientific statements remain connected to governed source records and stable identifiers such as PMID and DOI when available.

02

Different evidence stays different

Human, animal, in-vitro, review, protocol, regulatory, and observational information are shown in distinct lanes.

03

Unknowns stay visible

Missing data, limitations, conflicts, stale sources, and unresolved research questions are displayed instead of filled with assumptions.

Scientific review

From discovery to a maintained record

Review is a chain of documented decisions, not a single badge. Each peptide page should show what is known, how it was checked, and when it needs another look.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Find candidate literature and official records.

  2. 02

    Structure

    Capture identity, design, population or model, outcomes, and limitations.

  3. 03

    Classify

    Separate human evidence, preclinical evidence, context, and observation.

  4. 04

    Review

    Check sources, contradictions, certainty, and publication state.

  5. 05

    Maintain

    Date the review, monitor changes, and preserve corrections.

AI-assisted work can

Organize source metadata, study design, populations or models, interventions, outcomes, limitations, contradiction cues, and proposed evidence classifications.

Accountable approval remains separate

Automation does not independently grant publication approval, scientific-conclusion approval, or promotion eligibility. Review state is shown explicitly.

Evidence passport · WPF-EMM-1.0

Maturity is context, not a verdict

The score describes the development and review state of the represented evidence base. It is not a probability of efficacy, safety, truth, scientific consensus, or regulatory approval.

What can cap maturity

Missing human intervention evidence, weak study design, poor review coverage, stale sources, and unresolved conflicts. Better evidence may lower a rating when it reveals disagreement.

MATURITY

Human Relevance

MATURITY

Study Design

MATURITY

Evidence Breadth

MATURITY

Consistency

MATURITY

Governance Quality

MATURITY

Uncertainty Resolution

INTEGRITY

Source Recency

INTEGRITY

Regulatory Coverage

INTEGRITY

Claim Traceability

One destination · distinct lanes

Human experience is never hidden

Readers deserve the formal research and an honest view of what people report. The page presents both, clearly labeled, so lived experience is respected without being mistaken for controlled evidence.

Human evidence

Human trials, observational research, and other human data are labeled by study design and population.

Preclinical evidence

Animal, in-vitro, and mechanistic findings remain visible without being presented as demonstrated human outcomes.

Human experience

Community reports are preserved and summarized when privacy rules permit. They can reveal recurring experiences, but recurrence alone does not prove causation.

Regulatory status

Jurisdiction matters

Status is shown by authority, jurisdiction, product or indication when applicable, and source date. It supplies legal and public-health context; it is not proof of efficacy or safety.

Citations

Claims lead to sources

Stable identifiers, source-level review states, and duplicate-safe records let readers inspect what supports a material statement.

Unknowns

Absence is stated

“Not found,” “not reviewed,” and “not established” are meaningful states. They are not silently converted into a negative or a claim.

Corrections · provenance · versioning

The record can change without erasing history

Material corrections are documented rather than silently rewritten. Reproducible exports retain generation metadata and source identifiers, so downstream readers can establish which dataset version they used.

Current public framework

Version 1.0

  • Evidence classification framework established
  • Citation verification workflow established
  • Observational archive separation established
Governed source network

Source count alone is never the standard. WPF uses canonical identifiers and the authority of the underlying source to preserve provenance across literature, trials, regulation, chemistry, and identity.

SourceRoleAuthorityIdentifier
PubMedLiteratureU.S. National Library of MedicinePMID
CrossrefLiteratureCrossrefDOI
ClinicalTrials.govTrial RegistryU.S. National Library of MedicineNCT number
Clinical Trials Information SystemTrial RegistryEuropean Medicines AgencyCTIS trial number
FDARegulatoryU.S. Food and Drug Administrationapplication or label identifier
European Medicines AgencyRegulatoryEuropean Medicines AgencyEMA medicine or procedure identifier
ChEMBLChemistryEMBL-EBIChEMBL ID
UniProtProtein IdentityUniProt ConsortiumUniProt accession

Machine-readable contract: /api/research/infrastructure

WPF provides research information, not medical advice. Evidence maturity is not a treatment recommendation, and regulatory context does not replace advice from a qualified healthcare professional.

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