Editorial Policy

This page describes how Labcoat Ledger produces its coverage, what its scores mean, who is accountable for them, and how commercial support is disclosed. It is meant to be read, not skimmed.

How we assess suppliers

We assess documentation, not materials. We do not run assays, and we say so: what we can evaluate is whether a supplier publishes a certificate of analysis, whether that certificate names a method and a laboratory, whether a lot number on a vial can be matched to a posted report, and whether storage and shipping claims are specified or merely asserted. Every purity figure we print is attributed to the document that states it.

What our scores mean

Scores run 0–10 and grade documentation completeness and supplier transparency — never material quality, which we do not measure, and never suitability, which does not apply to a research material. A 7 means the paperwork is adequate with real gaps. An 8 means a buyer can trace a vial to a posted report without effort. Every assessment lists genuine cons, and no score is for sale.

Disclosure

Labcoat Ledger is a commercially supported publication. Posts containing affiliate links, and posts that are sponsored, carry a disclosure with the post. Sponsored and affiliate links are marked rel="sponsored" in the page's code. Sponsors never see, edit or approve editorial copy before publication, and no score can be bought — see the advertising page for what is and is not for sale.

Bylines

Labcoat Ledger publishes under house bylines maintained by the editorial team. Imogen Slater, the editor's byline on our reviews, is a disclosed house pen name — the accountable editorial identity for everything published under it, in the tradition of publications that write under a house name rather than inventing biographies. News runs under “Staff, Labcoat Ledger.” There is no invented journalist behind any byline on this site.

What this publication is not

Labcoat Ledger is a trade publication. We do not sell, supply, broker or handle research materials, and we are not a laboratory. Materials discussed here are supplied for laboratory research use only and are not for human consumption. We do not publish doses, protocols or routes of administration, and nothing on this site is medical advice.

Corrections

If we have published an error — a figure, a date, a term, a price — we want to know. Reach the editorial desk via the contact page and say “correction” in the first line; that queue moves fastest. We correct promptly and note material corrections in the post.