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THE EVIDENCE STANDARD

No stars. No reviews. Only evidence.

Star ratings measure bedside manner and parking, and they're easy to fake. MDRPedia measures what a physician has verifiably done: what they published, what they invented, the honours they earned and the work they can document.

  • Not counted: Star ratings
  • Not counted: Anonymous reviews
  • Not counted: Paid placement
  • Not counted: Follower counts
  • Not counted: Vanity awards
  • Not counted: Years in practice alone
№ 01 · WHAT COUNTS

Sixteen signals, four domains

Each signal is tied to a named source. If we can't source a signal, it's left blank rather than estimated. Some are still being built, and are marked so.
  • IN USE Counted in the score today
  • PARTIAL Shown, or checked for some countries only
  • PLANNED Not built yet

Scholarship

What a physician has added to medical knowledge.

Peer-reviewed papers & citationsIN USEOpenAlex, PubMed, CrossRefEach paper is matched by DOI. Citations are weighted by journal impact (up to 5×). A retracted paper zeroes the score until reviewed.
h-indexIN USEOpenAlex author recordTaken from the matched author record, not entered by hand
Clinical trials as investigatorPARTIALClinicalTrials.govTrials are listed on the register but not yet counted in the score
Named techniques & inventionsIN USESurgical and medical literatureMust be a technique documented in the literature under the physician's name

Clinical practice

Whether the physician is qualified and licensed, and the scale of documented clinical work.

Board certifications & fellowshipsPARTIALEducation and training recordsCounted from the record. Confirmation with each issuing body is not yet automated
Licence statusPARTIALNPI Registry (United States)US licences are checked against the NPI Registry. NMC, GMC and other registers are planned
Documented procedure volumeIN USEPublished figures, institutional recordsOnly figures with a published source. Not to be shown on Indian profiles (NMC 8.1(iii))
Hospital appointmentsPARTIALInstitutional recordsShown on profiles. Not scored

Learning & teaching

Medicine changes every year. These signals show who keeps up, and who passes it on.

Trainees mentoredPARTIALContributed and published lineageShown on the lineage tree (1 profiles so far). Not yet scored
CME / CPD creditsPLANNEDAccredited CME/CPD providersRolling 3 years, accredited providers only
Invited faculty & lecturesPLANNEDSociety congress programmesFaculty roles only; attendance doesn't count
Editorial boards & peer reviewPLANNEDJournal mastheadsActive roles in the last 5 years

Peer standing & service

How the profession and the public have recognised a physician, measured through actions rather than opinions.

Honours & prizesIN USEAwarding bodiesLandmark prizes (Nobel, Lasker, Gairdner, Wolf…) and national honours are weighted. Unlisted awards score nothing. Duplicates are counted once
Humanitarian & public-health reachIN USEPublished reports, NGO recordsOnly documented figures, with a source
Verified peer referralsPLANNEDLicensed physicians on MDRPediaCapped per referrer, with self, partner and ring referrals blocked
Financial disclosuresPLANNEDOpen Payments, journal COI statementsShown for transparency and never penalised
№ 02 · PEER REFERRALS · PLANNED

"Who would you send your own family to?"

Doctors know which colleagues are good. A referral from a verified physician, given for a named condition, is the hardest signal to fake. These are the rules it will launch with.

  1. 01Only verified physicians can referLicence checked against the national registry before a first referral.
  2. 02Named condition requiredA referral is for something specific, such as "complex mitral valve repair", not a general endorsement.
  3. 03No self, partner or same-practice referralsReferrals between people in the same practice or with financial ties are blocked.
  4. 04Ten referrals per physician per yearScarcity keeps each one meaningful.
  5. 05Weighted by the referrer's own recordA referral from a respected specialist in the same field carries more weight.
  6. 06Rings are auditedReciprocal or clustered patterns are flagged, and if confirmed they are removed in public.
№ 03 · FAIR COMPARISON

Like is compared with like

BY SPECIALTY IN USEA GP is not compared with a neurosurgeonRanks are worked out within the physician's own specialty, never across the whole register.
BY REGION IN USEEach country has its own viewEvery country, and every specialty within a country, has its own listing. A district surgeon is shown among their own peers.
BY CAREER STAGE PLANNEDEarly-career doctors shouldn't be buriedYears in practice currently carry up to 15% of the core score. We plan to adjust signals for years since qualification.
№ 04 · THE PATIENT VOICE, DONE RIGHT · PLANNEDVerified outcomes, not opinionsPatients will be heard only through validated outcome measures (PROMs), collected by the treating hospital after a confirmed encounter. They'll be reported as results across many patients. There will be no free-text reviews, no stars and no single anecdotes.
THE PROMISERank can't be bought.There's no sponsored placement and no pay-to-appear. Claiming a record lets a physician correct facts, never their score. Corrections are reviewed by an editor before they go live.Browse by region →
№ 05 · INDIA · NMC GUIDELINES ON ETHICAL ADVERTISING, 6 OCT 2026

Built for the NMC's rules

The rules cover doctor-listing platforms as well as doctors. Here's how each one shapes MDRPedia, and what is still being put in place.
No fake, paid or misleading reviews, ratings or testimonialsEXPLANATION V · 3.2MDRPedia publishes no star ratings or written reviews. The anonymous impact tally on profiles is being retired. IN PROGRESS
Listing platforms must not offer paid rankingPLATFORM NORMSNo sponsored placement. Order comes from the published score and is never sold. IN PLACE
No "best", "No. 1" or unverifiable comparative claims8.1(iii), 8.1(ix)Rank numbers and stature tiers (Titan, Elite) are to be hidden for doctors registered in India. PLANNED
No personal success rates or patient numbers8.1(iii)Procedure volumes and lives-impacted figures are to be hidden on Indian profiles. PLANNED
No before-and-after photos, case stories or celebrity patients8.1(v)Doctor-uploaded media is to be screened before it appears. PLANNED
No product endorsements8.1(iv)Profiles carry no advertising, sponsorship or product placement. IN PLACE
Disclose name, qualifications, registration status and SMR/NMR numberELECTRONIC MEDIA DISCLOSUREIndian profiles are to open with an identity block showing the NMR/SMR number, checked against the NMR. PLANNED
Doctors must not request or share reviews or recommendationsEXPLANATION VPeer referrals, when they launch, will be unsolicited: doctors won't be able to request them, see who gave them, or share them. PLANNED
WHAT DOCTORS CAN SHOWCASEFactual credentials, publications, trials, teaching, committee work and community service. Health-education articles count as information rather than advertising (Explanation I), provided they're non-promotional.
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Read how these signals become a score in the methodology.