Editorial & Review Board

The people behind every score.

SupplementScore is reviewed by a rotating board of clinicians, pharmacologists, and methodologists. Every Tier 4 safety entry and every supplement scoring 80+ is double-reviewed before publication.

Independence: board members are unpaid volunteers. None hold equity, advisory roles, or paid consultancies with supplement manufacturers. Conflicts of interest are reviewed annually and published on each member’s page.

Editorial leadership

Editorial Lead
Editor-in-chief
Sets the editorial calendar, oversees scoring methodology updates, and signs off on every Tier 4 safety classification. Final reviewer on all "Changed our mind" entries.
Methodology Editor
Composite scoring
Maintains the six-dimension composite-score model. Reviews tier-promotion decisions and the Tier-1 citation gate. Author of the funder-policy classification scheme.
Pharmacology Editor
Drug interactions
Reviews every supplement-drug interaction entry against current pharmacology references. Maintains the per-molecule meds_detail layer and the 50+ medication category map.
Clinical Research Editor
Trial appraisal
Reviews methodological quality on cited RCTs and meta-analyses. Flags weak evidence, p-hacking concerns, and industry-funded outliers in the citation database.
Pediatric Editor
Kids & pregnancy
Reviews all Kids and Pregnancy/Fertility entries. Holds the standard for sensitive-population disclaimers and pediatric dosing safety.
Safety Editor
Tier 4 & recalls
Reviews FDA, EMA, MHRA, BfArM, TGA, and Health Canada recall and warning lists weekly. Final reviewer on the Top 10 most dangerous and Recent recalls sections.

How review actually works

Every supplement entry follows the same pipeline: draft → peer-reviewed source check → tier classification → safety review → publication → quarterly re-review.

Tier-1 promotions require independent confirmation from a second reviewer using the methodology spec. Tier-4 (avoid) classifications require sign-off from the safety editor plus a documented evidence trail of recalls, withdrawals, or adverse-event reports.

When new evidence shifts our position on a supplement, the change is published on Changed our mind with the reasoning, the trigger paper, and the date.

Conflict of interest policy

Board members complete an annual COI declaration. Disclosed interests are published on each member’s page and on every supplement entry where the conflict is relevant. Members are recused from any entry where they hold a current financial interest in a manufacturer or distributor of that supplement.

Authors of cited studies are flagged: every citation in the database is tagged with a funder type (public / industry / mixed / none disclosed) and a COI flag (true / false / unknown). See the funder policy for details.

Apply to join

We accept new board members on a rolling basis. Open roles emphasize specialties that round out our coverage — currently endocrinology, sports medicine, and complementary & alternative medicine pharmacology.

Apply to join the board →

Volunteer roles. Time commitment is flexible (~4 hours/month).

SupplementScore is a non-profit reference. Editorial board pages will be expanded with named bios, credentials, and ORCID/LinkedIn links as members consent to publication. Until then, roles are listed by function — every score on the site has been reviewed by the named role above.