Who we are
Editorial team and standards
EvidenceShelf reviews are produced by a small independent editorial team. This page explains who is responsible for what, and the standards every review has to meet before it is published.
How a review is made
- Research. We identify the book’s central claims and search for the best available evidence on each one, starting with meta-analyses, systematic reviews and large replication projects.
- Drafting. Reviews are drafted with the help of AI tools, following a written specification that sets the structure, the scoring scale and the sourcing rules.
- Source verification. Every study cited is checked against its original source: it must exist, the authors and year must be right, and it must say what the review claims. Claims we cannot verify are removed.
- Editorial review. A human editor reads the review before publication, checks the score against our methodology and the fairness of the verdict.
- Updates. Each page shows the date of its last revision. We revisit reviews when new meta-analyses or replications change the picture.
What we will not do
- Accept payment, free copies or any other benefit in exchange for a review or a score.
- Copy book summaries, publisher descriptions or text from other review sites.
- Give personal medical, psychological or financial advice.
Corrections
If you think a review gets a study wrong or misses important evidence, email contact@evidenceshelf.com with the source. We correct factual errors promptly and note substantive changes on the page.
Funding
The site is funded by affiliate commissions, as described in our affiliate disclosure. Commissions never affect scores.