Independence and COI
No ranking placement can be purchased. Any sponsor, contributor, or institutional relationship that could affect public claims must be disclosed before those claims are used.
Public Trust
Trust and Governance
OpenNIH treats NIH RePORTER and ExPORTER as the official source of truth. Public rankings and figures must stay traceable to source data, visible verification status, and an accountable correction path.
Corrections
Correction reports are tracked before any displayed value changes. Disputed values should remain visibly labeled while official-source evidence is reviewed.
Data currency
Ranking views disclose loaded fiscal-year coverage, funding basis, deployment manifest, verifier state, and the manifest-recorded retrieval timestamp when available.
Methods board
A methods-board charter and candidate slate are published. Independent advisers are being confirmed before the board is seated.
Public Correction Flow
Correction intake validates a structured report and opens a tracked GitHub issue draft. The errata ledger records accepted corrections, unresolved disputes, affected surfaces, and evidence-backed resolutions.
Independence Statement
OpenNIH public claims are based on official NIH source files, local verification gates, and documented limitations. Public ranking copy must stay limited to loaded funding-record fields and must not imply broader scholarly merit, prestige, or institutional endorsement.