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by amber_raza 165 days ago
Great question. I haven't seen banner ads on OpenEvidence yet, but the 'hidden tax' of free tools is often Publisher Bias.

Users have noted that some current tools heavily overweight citations from 'Partner Journals' (like NEJM/JAMA) because they index the full text, effectively burying better papers from non-partner journals in the vector retrieval.

My goal is strictly Neutral Retrieval. By hitting the PubMed/OpenAlex APIs live, Evidex treats a niche pediatric journal with the same relevance weight as a major publisher, ensuring the 'Long Tail' of evidence isn't drowned out by business partnerships.