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Reading the results — every result card carries four pieces of information. Here's how to read them and why they matter.

Tier badge (left)

Methodological strength of the study, rated 1–4. Tier 1 is the gold standard.

Tier 1Meta-analysis / systematic review
Tier 2RCT or prospective cohort
Tier 3Observational / cross-sectional
Tier 4Expert opinion / narrative review

Pulse Score (right)

A 0–100 composite quality metric. Combines evidence tier, sample size, recency and replication. Higher = stronger, better-replicated evidence.

8780–100 — highly replicated, recent, top-tier
6460–79 — solid evidence, some gaps
4140–59 — emerging or limited replication

Citation line

Author(s) · Journal · Year · DOI — the provenance of the claim. Open navigates to the full record. Cite copies an APA-format reference to your clipboard. Export RIS downloads a .ris file for Mendeley, Zotero or EndNote.

Filters & what they do

Tier — restricts to one evidence tier.
Study type — values come live from the API's facets endpoint.
Geography — region scope: partner (this deploy's home country, currently United Kingdom), uk, uk-eu, usa, or any free-text country substring (server-side match against the geography fields).
Score ≥ — client-side threshold hiding weaker records.
Sort — relevance (default for semantic), tier, recency or title.

Anatomy of a single result card
Tier 1 ① Evidence tier

Regenerative agriculture improves soil organic carbon and crop nutritional quality — meta-analysis of 180 studies ② Claim / title

Smith et al · Nature Food · 2023 · DOI 10.1038/s43016-023-XXXX ③ Citation

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87 ⑤ Pulse Score
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