Vitagri
Evidence base at a glance

The research behind Growing Health

19,000+ curated, continuously-maintained peer-reviewed studies on the soil-to-health chain — two-thirds from the last five years, drawn from the field's leading researchers, with every claim linked to a source you can open and checked for retractions.

19,000+
curated research records
88%
peer-reviewed studies
68%
published since 2021
100%
authors captured — full lists, no truncation

Evidence across the soil-to-health chain

Vitagri's thesis is a chain — soil to farming to food to human health. The catalogue holds directly on-point, peer-reviewed evidence at every link, including the strongest tier: systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

880+
Soil → nutrient density
records on how soil drives the nutritional quality of crops · incl. 34 systematic reviews
130+
Regenerative farming → soil carbon
records on practice, soil carbon & organic matter · incl. 23 systematic reviews
220+
Food → micronutrient density
records on biofortification & nutrient enrichment · incl. 7 systematic reviews
590+
Diet → human health
records linking diet to chronic-disease prevention · incl. 79 systematic reviews

Why the evidence is credible

Quality and influence signals across the library.

≈1 in 8
Tier 1–2 evidence — meta-analyses & randomised trials
54%
cited 20+ times; 24% cited 100+*
92%
link to a DOI — every claim is verifiable
0
flagged retracted or withdrawn — surfaced, never hidden

The researchers

The catalogue captures the full author list on every record — only 1% lack author data.

Members

Discover who leads the science

Search any subject and see the most influential researchers in that field — ranked by total citations, weighted toward recent work, with the studies behind each name. Available to Vitagri members in the Evidence Explorer.

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The journals

A high-quality, cross-disciplinary spread.

Nature Communications The Lancet Global Change Biology Science of the Total Environment Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment PLoS ONE

≈43% of sources with a known licence carry an open (CC-BY) licence — free to read and quote.*

What makes it defensible

Three capabilities a generic citation search can't replicate — coming online as enrichment completes.

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Evidence Consensus Index

For any claim, how many studies corroborate versus diverge — a settled-vs-contested signal.

In build

Effect-size headlines

Quotable, aggregated numbers — median effects across field trials, ready for briefs and decks.

In build

Soil → plant → human-health bridge

The interdisciplinary core that is Vitagri's unique thesis, quantified.

Put this evidence to work

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Frequently asked questions

How many studies are in Vitagri's Pulse Brain evidence base?

Pulse Brain holds 19,000+ curated, continuously-maintained peer-reviewed studies on the soil-to-health chain. Continuously maintained, and every record links to a source you can open.

How credible is the evidence in Pulse Brain?

Every record is tier-graded T1–T4 by study design, around 88% are peer-reviewed, 92% link to a DOI you can open, and records are checked against retraction notices. Roughly one in eight records is Tier 1–2 evidence — meta-analyses and randomised trials.

Does the evidence cover the whole soil-to-health chain?

Yes — there is directly on-point, peer-reviewed evidence at every link: 880+ records on soil and nutrient density, 130+ on regenerative farming and soil carbon, 220+ on micronutrient density in food, and 590+ linking diet to chronic-disease prevention — including systematic reviews at every link.