StudyTimerPRO publishes guides, explainers, and reference content on focus, study methods, productivity, ADHD strategies, deep work, and exam preparation. Our readers trust us to be accurate and useful. This page describes how we earn that trust.
1. Editorial Mission
We exist to help people do their best work — calmly, sustainably, and without hype. Every article is written for a real human with limited time and a real problem to solve. We choose clarity over cleverness and evidence over opinion whenever the two diverge.
2. Content Standards
- Original. Every guide is written by our editorial team. We do not publish AI-spun, scraped, or syndicated content.
- Evidence-based. Claims about cognition, focus, and learning are grounded in peer-reviewed research, well-respected practitioner sources, or clearly labelled opinion.
- Practical. Every guide answers a real question and ends with something the reader can do today.
- Plain language. We avoid jargon, define new terms, and prefer short sentences.
- Inclusive. We write for neurodivergent readers, non-native English speakers, and people new to productivity content.
3. Sourcing & Fact-Checking
Before publication, every guide is reviewed for accuracy by a second editor. Statements about research findings are checked against primary sources. We distinguish between:
- Established research — findings replicated across multiple studies.
- Emerging research — promising single studies, marked as preliminary.
- Practitioner wisdom — widely held expert opinion, labelled as such.
- Our own opinion — clearly framed as the view of the StudyTimerPRO team.
4. Update Methodology
Productivity research moves slowly, but it does move. Every guide carries a visible Last updated date. We review each guide at least once every twelve months and any time a major new study, framework, or correction comes to our attention. Substantive changes are noted in our public changelog.
5. Independence
StudyTimerPRO is supported by tasteful display advertising and, in the future, affiliate links to genuinely useful tools. Advertisers and affiliate partners never influence which topics we cover, how we cover them, or which products we recommend. Editorial and commercial decisions are made by separate processes.
6. Recommendations & Affiliate Disclosure
When we recommend a tool, app, or product, we recommend it because we genuinely believe it will help the reader. Where a recommendation contains an affiliate link, we disclose it on the page. We do not accept payment for placement on our recommended-tools lists.
7. Corrections Policy
We correct factual errors promptly and visibly. If you spot something we got wrong, please email support@StudyTimerPRO.com with the page URL and the specific concern. We respond to correction requests within three business days. Significant corrections are noted in the changelog and at the bottom of the affected guide.
8. AI & Authorship
We use AI tools the way a journalist might use a spell-checker or research assistant — to draft outlines, surface sources, and tighten prose. Every published sentence is written, reviewed, and stands behind a human editor.
9. Reader-First Commitment
If we ever face a choice between what serves the reader and what serves growth, advertising revenue, or convenience, we will choose the reader. This document exists so you can hold us to that.
10. Contact
Questions, feedback, or corrections — contact our editorial team.