Editorial policies
Every rule this publication holds itself to, and the date each was last looked at.
Editorial policy
What this publication publishes, who decides, and what a green build does not prove
Medical content policy
What clinical content this publication carries, what it refuses by name, and which refusals the build can enforce
Legal and regulatory content policy
How this publication handles jurisdiction-specific legal and regulatory claims, and what the build refuses to publish
Source policy
What counts as evidence in this publication, how a source record is written, and what a source record can never be asked to carry
Corrections policy
How this publication records what it got wrong, why the earlier wording is quoted rather than summarised, and which corrections the build refuses
Conflicts of interest policy
Why a journal published by the company it writes about cannot claim independence, and which conflicts stop an article being written at all
Advertising and sponsorship policy
What this publication carries, what refuses it in code, and which part of the question is still open
AI assistance policy
How machine assistance is used in this publication, what it is never trusted with, and where that is disclosed
Author and reviewer policy
Who may appear in authorIds and reviewerIds, what a person record must state about a credential, and what a named reviewer is attesting to
Image rights policy
What an image must declare, what no image may depict, and why the files are served from this repository
Content retention policy
What happens to an article as it ages, why staleness is graduated rather than uniform, and what archiving and withdrawal do and do not leave behind
Emergency content policy
Why this publication refuses to act as triage, and why a stale emergency page fails the build at any risk level
Privacy for readers
What reading here reveals, what the build refuses, and the one exposure it cannot remove