About CAB Direct
CAB Direct is an independent science and evidence publication covering agriculture, plants, animals, health, nutrition, the environment and research. Its editorial pages are designed to explain what evidence shows, how certain a conclusion is and where the limits of that evidence remain.
The site also preserves an archive layer for historical links that previously pointed to the CAB Direct database. Editorial articles and archive records are kept distinct so readers can tell current explanatory content from historical database material.
What CAB Direct publishes
Editorial content includes explainers and research digests. Claims that depend on a number, date or research result are expected to be traceable to a source. Health and nutrition content has additional review requirements because errors in those subjects can have direct consequences for readers.
How articles are checked
- Every article carries a named author with a stated role.
- Numbers, dates and claims about research findings are checked against traceable sources.
- Health and nutrition articles are reviewed by a qualified medical reviewer before publication.
- Health and nutrition articles include an evidence level and explain why that rating applies.
- Corrections are dated and remain visible when a substantive change is made.
The full process is described in editorial-policy, while the evidence scale is explained in how-we-rate-evidence.
Authors and contributors
Author records identify the contributor’s role, subject area and listed qualifications. See authors for the contributor index and the standards applied to author profiles.
The former CAB Direct database
CAB Direct is the name of a former bibliographic database that was hosted at this address. Records that other sites still link to are kept here as an archive at their original addresses and are marked as historical material. This publication is independent and is not affiliated with the former database's current publisher.
Contact and corrections
For questions about published material, use contacts. To flag a factual problem or request a correction, see corrections.