Editorial policy and corrections
Who is responsible for the content, which sources it rests on, and how to report a mistake.
Who runs the reference
Author and editor — Mikhail Beloedov. The reference is built as a static site: content cannot be bought, and evidence levels are assigned by the type of research rather than by commercial arrangements.
What the claims rest on
Sources are PubMed/MEDLINE and positions of ISSN, ACSM, IOC, ESPEN and the Endocrine Society; links open on pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Every claim about a supplement or training volume carries a link to a publication, and material without a source is not published. How levels A/B/C are assigned is explained on the «Levels of evidence».
Publication metadata is never typed in by hand: a script pulls it from PubMed and a verification pass re-checks the records. The finished dataset lives in the «Open data».
How corrections are recorded
All changes — new sections as well as fixes to wording, links and ratings — are published in the «Change log». There are no separate promises about timing here: the list shows only what has already changed.
How to report a mistake
Feedback section «Suggest an improvement» builds a letter in your mail client — the site has no server, so nothing is sent on its own. You can also write directly to sport.reference.feedback@gmail.com. If a statement rests on a source that does not support it, or a link is broken, that is grounds for a fix.
Data, calculations and age limits
- The data are open under the licence CC BY 4.0: they can be used freely, including in commercial projects, provided the source is credited. Details are on the «Open data».
- Calculations run locally in the browser and the profile is stored only in the user's browser: personal data are never sent anywhere.
- Pharmacology sections are available from 18 — their content is not shown until age is confirmed — and contain no dosing regimens; combination advice and purchase guidance are not published.