Reconstructing Scientific Evidence: A Conceptual and Empirical Demonstration of the Failure of the Evidence Hierarchy

This record contains the supplementary materials for the forthcoming paper that critiques the traditional hierarchy of evidence and proposes a mechanistically grounded, causally coherent, linguistically disciplined replacement framework. The materials support transparency, reproducibility, and methodological clarity for the conceptual and empirical components of the study. The supplementary package includes the coding sheet template used for the empirical audit, the mechanistic coherence rubric, the causal identifiability checklist, the linguistic causal inflation indicators, the re evaluation procedure, the audit summary template, descriptions of the dual axis framework, suggested editorial checklists, and text descriptions of figures and tables that accompany the main manuscript. These materials are designed to assist researchers, reviewers, and guideline developers in understanding the interpretive criteria applied in the audit and the conceptual foundations of the proposed framework. They do not include statistical analyses or primary data. A full preprint of the main paper will be released separately. Contents: Coding sheet template Mechanistic coherence rubric Causal identifiability checklist Linguistic causal inflation indicators Re evaluation procedure Audit summary template Dual axis framework description Editorial checklist Supplementary figure descriptions Supplementary tables Notes for reproducibility Intended use: These materials are provided to support replication, methodological review, and adoption of the framework proposed in the main paper. They may be used for teaching, guideline development, methodological critique, and evidence synthesis training.