How we create and review research resources
Manusights publishes research guides, evidence maps, datasets, teaching kits, and decision tools. This page explains who owns the work, which checks a published edition passed, what independent review means, and where the evidence stops. The review label on a resource describes the process that actually occurred.
Creator and publisher
Manusights
The organization is accountable for the research, writing, design, release, and maintenance record.
Responsible editor
Owns publication decisions, corrections, and the accuracy of the public provenance record.
Who makes the resources
Manusights is the creator and publisher. Research, analysis, writing, design, testing, and maintenance are completed under the Manusights publication process. Erik Jia is the responsible editor. We do not attach an anonymous field persona to a resource and present that persona as a real author or reviewer.
Product development and manuscript-review calibration are separate from resource authorship. A product reviewer, customer manuscript, or automated check is never presented as the author or external reviewer of a public resource unless that person actually reviewed the named edition and agreed to be credited.
Our sources
Each resource defines its own evidence population. We prefer first-party or primary sources and preserve the exact source, locator, observation date, and boundary needed to recheck an important claim. Typical evidence includes:
- Publisher, journal, funder, and university guidance for current policies and requirements.
- Versioned public datasets and documented APIs for quantitative evidence.
- Original Manusights analysis with the population, period, method, exclusions, and limitations stated.
- Secondary or community evidence only when its role and uncertainty are visibly labeled.
A source supports only the claim it actually establishes. We do not transfer a metric across years, journals, populations, or use cases without evidence. Estimates and inferences are labeled separately from reported facts.
Review states
Internal publication review
A completed internal review means the named edition passed the Manusights checks for utility, originality, evidence, visual design, accessibility, maintenance, and measurement. It is a release decision by the publisher. It is not peer review, independent validation, endorsement, or proof of use.
Named reviewer
A reviewer is named only when a real person reviewed that exact edition and the public record states their role. If no such record exists, the resource says "No named reviewer recorded." A job title, persona, advisory relationship, or prior product work is not substituted for a review record.
Independent external review
Independent review is complete only when a reviewer outside the Manusights publication team assessed the named edition and the public record identifies the reviewer, role, date, and scope. Until then, the status is "not completed." We do not use "peer reviewed" for ordinary editorial review.
What internal review checks
Review starts with the reader's job and evidence boundary, then checks the claims, source record, original contribution, portable artifacts, citation and reuse terms, maintenance owner, analytics, and rendered desktop and mobile experience. Automated tests verify contracts such as links, hashes, data agreement, and accessibility floors. They support editorial judgment but do not replace it.
Where our analysis stops
A resource is not a substitute for the current source, professional advice, institutional policy, or an eligibility decision. Evidence can change after the observation date. Each release must state its specific exclusions and uncertainty. We correct the live edition when new evidence materially changes a claim and preserve edition history when a stable archive exists.
Who is responsible
Manusights is the creator and publisher of this content. Editorial responsibility sits with Erik Jia, Founder, Manusights. That responsibility does not imply independent review. Corrections and questions about how a resource was researched are welcome.
Inspect the publication record
The public catalog lists the creator, responsible editor, review state, edition, distributions, reuse terms, and maintenance route for every reviewed resource.