Standards
Citation Standards
BrainMatter cites primary sources for every quantitative or clinical claim. This page documents which sources we consider authoritative, the citation format we use, and how to verify any statement on the site.
Source hierarchy
We weight evidence in this order: (1) peer-reviewed journal articles, (2) institutional reports from agencies like NIH, CDC, and WHO, (3) regulatory filings, (4) preprints with strong methodological disclosure, and (5) primary data releases from major labs. Secondary news reporting is never cited as evidence - only as historical context.
Citation format
In-line citations link directly to the primary source - DOI, PubMed ID, arXiv ID, or institutional URL. Each article closes with a Sources block listing every reference in citation order. Quantitative claims include the year of the source and, where applicable, the sample size or evaluation set.
Verifying a claim
Every claim on BrainMatter should be traceable from the article body to a linked primary source. If you find a claim that cannot be verified against its citation, please report it via contact - we will issue a correction.
Trusted source registry
The whitelist of sources used across BrainMatter content.
Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Nature ↗
Multidisciplinary peer-reviewed science journal - gold standard for neuroscience and AI research.
- Science ↗
AAAS flagship journal - primary venue for high-impact cognitive and computational research.
- Cell ↗
Premier journal for molecular neuroscience and cellular cognition.
- NEJM ↗
New England Journal of Medicine - primary venue for clinical neurology and neurotech trials.
- JAMA ↗
American Medical Association journals - clinical evidence for neurodivergence and brain health.
- Nature Neuroscience ↗
Top journal for systems and cognitive neuroscience.
- NeurIPS Proceedings ↗
Annual conference proceedings - primary venue for frontier ML research.
Institutional & Government
- NIH ↗
U.S. National Institutes of Health - authoritative biomedical and neuroscience data.
- NIMH ↗
U.S. National Institute of Mental Health - cognition, mental health, and neurodivergence.
- CDC ↗
Centers for Disease Control - epidemiological data for cognitive and neurological conditions.
- WHO ↗
World Health Organization - global health and neurological condition data.
Preprint Servers
Regulatory Filings
- FDA ↗
U.S. Food and Drug Administration - regulatory filings for medical devices including BCIs.
Primary Data & Indexes
- PubMed ↗
NIH's biomedical literature index - primary search surface for verified citations.