Editorial Policy

Right Example explains science and research for curious readers. Our job is to show what researchers found, how they found it, what the evidence can support and what remains uncertain.

Reading the evidence

We work from the closest available source. Where practical, that means the research paper, preprint, dataset, trial record or official scientific report rather than a summary of it. We link the material that matters to the story.

We identify the status and shape of the evidence when it affects interpretation: peer review or preprint, observational study or experiment, human participants or model organisms, sample size, comparison group and material limitations. We distinguish correlation from causation and a plausible mechanism from a demonstrated one.

Headlines and summaries must reflect the strength and scope of the finding. A single study is not presented as scientific consensus, and preliminary work is not presented as settled fact.

From research to story

Right Example aims to make technical work understandable without removing the qualifications that make it accurate. We explain the finding, the method or mechanism behind it and why it matters.

Research announcements, university material and news releases can help us locate a story, but publication by an institution is not treated as independent validation. Quotations and outside reporting are attributed. We say that we interviewed, contacted or investigated something only when we did.

Health and medical coverage is informational, not personal medical advice. We add appropriate context and links to qualified advice where a reader could otherwise mistake a research finding for a treatment recommendation.

Authors, editors and tools

Right Example uses tools, including AI, in research, drafting, and editing. A named person writes each article, or a desk byline when the publication takes it. Right Example is responsible for what it publishes. When an article carries a named “Edited by” credit, that credit identifies the person who handled the review.

Sources and quotes are real, and first-hand reporting is claimed only when it happened. An article says so when generative AI produced it primarily or solely. Images, audio, and video made or altered by AI are labeled when a reader could mistake them for a real record.

Corrections and substantive updates

We correct material errors promptly. Material corrections and substantial revisions carry a dated note explaining what changed. Minor fixes that do not alter what readers were told may be made without one. If an article’s central premise cannot be supported, we withdraw it and leave a notice at the original address where appropriate.

Independence and contact

Right Example is published by Amit Sabhadiya and funded primarily by display advertising. Advertisers, sponsors and commercial partners do not determine our editorial conclusions.