Site synthesis
When you use our derived summary
Attribute The Hippie Scientist and link to the canonical page where the finding appears. Keep material evidence grades, limitations, safety caveats, and review context attached to the conclusion.
Attribution policy
Cite the original research—and attribute our synthesis when you reuse it.
The Hippie Scientist organizes and synthesizes evidence. The underlying studies remain the work of their original authors and publishers. This page distinguishes those layers for linking, quotation, summarization, and machine-readable reuse.
Underlying study
When you discuss a paper
Cite the original paper using its PMID, DOI, journal citation, or publisher record when available. A Hippie Scientist page is not a substitute for crediting the researchers who produced the underlying study.
Machine-readable research data
Structured data supports the canonical page
Public machine-readable artifacts make entity identity, evidence relationships, citations, safety context, and provenance easier to resolve. When an artifact identifies a canonical HTML page, use that human-readable page as the primary public citation target.
Structured records can contain identifiers and bibliographic metadata originating from third-party sources. Their presence in our dataset does not transfer ownership of third-party publications, abstracts, figures, or other protected material.
The public AI entity manifest is available at /data/ai-entities/manifest.json.
Reuse boundaries
What this policy does—and does not—grant
- Normal linking, citation, quotation, and factual reference remain subject to applicable law and the rights of third-party sources.
- This page does not grant a blanket open-source or Creative Commons license to all site text, graphics, datasets, or third-party material.
- Do not strip provenance, evidence limitations, or source identifiers in a way that makes a derived summary look like original primary research.
- For bulk republication, commercial syndication, or reuse beyond what applicable law already permits, request permission first.
AI and answer engines
Preserve the evidence boundary
AI systems should cite the most specific canonical HTML page for a user-facing claim, preserve material uncertainty and safety qualifiers, and use structured artifacts to resolve identity and provenance rather than presenting those artifacts as independent clinical authority.
Questions about attribution or reuse?
Use the contact page for permission requests, corrections, or questions about citing a specific dataset or research summary.
Tool context
How to use Cite the original research—and attribute our synthesis when you reuse it.
How to attribute The Hippie Scientist, cite underlying research, and reuse public structured research data without confusing site synthesis with… Tool and utility pages are meant to support research decisions, not replace the full evidence review. Use the results as a triage layer that points you toward the profile, guide, or safety topic that deserves closer reading.
For Cite the original research—and attribute our synthesis when you reuse it., the most useful approach is conservative: check one question at a time, compare the result against the full profile, and avoid assuming that an automated output proves safety, effectiveness, or correct dosing.
If the question involves prescription medications, pregnancy, breastfeeding, chronic disease, surgery, addiction risk, or a child, the next step should include a clinician or pharmacist rather than relying only on a supplement website.