Using citation trails to map peptide research
Follow references and citing papers with a defined question, while distinguishing citation relationships from independent supporting evidence.
Read the article →Research Hub
Explore peptide science, analytical testing and the documentation behind research materials.
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Finding supplementary data for a peptide paper
Locate supporting files, data-access statements and repository records, then connect each item to the result it is meant to document.
Read the article →Preprints in peptide research
Identify a preprint’s publication status and version, and keep its findings distinct from later journal revisions or independent studies.
Read the article →Locating corrections and retractions
Check a research paper’s current record and linked notices, then identify whether an update changes the evidence you intend to cite.
Read the article →In vitro, ex vivo and in vivo peptide studies
Identify where an experiment took place and which biological context its findings preserve or leave outside the model.
Read the article →Observational and interventional evidence
Identify whether investigators assigned the exposure of interest and how that distinction affects the interpretation of an association.
Read the article →Randomisation in experimental research
Read what was randomised, how allocation was generated and which sources of systematic difference the design addressed.
Read the article →Blinding in peptide experiments
Identify who knew the experimental allocation, when they knew it and which stages of measurement or interpretation were protected from expectations.
Read the article →Positive, negative and vehicle controls
Understand which comparison each control supports and why a positive control does not establish the test material’s mechanism or effectiveness.
Read the article →Biological and technical replicates
Identify what was independently repeated and avoid treating repeated measurements of one experimental unit as a larger biological sample.
Read the article →Exploratory and confirmatory experiments
Distinguish a pattern discovered in the data from a prediction tested using a previously specified approach.
Read the article →Preregistration and experimental protocols
Compare a dated research plan with the final paper and distinguish registration from prospective peer review.
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