Editorial Policy — ClockAura
ClockAura publishes articles to help readers use timers more effectively — for studying, training, teaching, cooking, meditating and managing remote teams. This Editorial Policy describes how those articles are produced, fact-checked, updated and corrected, and how we keep our advertising commercially separate from our editorial content.
Every article on ClockAura is written by a named human author. Authors include the founder, Om Vaghani, and any guest contributor whose name we publish on the piece. Every author's biography is published on the Authors page and linked from the article byline. We do not invent credentials: when a topic needs subject-matter review by a credentialed expert (for example, a certified personal trainer for HIIT articles, a registered dietitian for nutrition-adjacent pieces, or a certified meditation instructor for mindfulness content), we hold the article until we can have it reviewed by an actual named, credentialed reviewer, and we credit them with a link to their public profile when the article ships.
Our articles cite primary sources wherever possible: peer-reviewed studies (linked to PubMed or DOIs), government health agencies (NIH, CDC, NHS, FDA), recognised medical authorities (Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic), educational research bodies, and the original publications of the methods we discuss (for example, Francesco Cirillo's books on the Pomodoro Technique). We avoid citing other blogs or aggregator sites. Before publication, every article is reviewed by an editor who is not the original author. The editor verifies that every statistic, study citation, dosage, exercise prescription, time recommendation and historical claim links to a credible source. Articles touching on health, fitness, child welfare or food safety receive an additional subject-matter review by a credentialed expert.
We use AI tools to help with research summarisation, outlining and first-draft writing. Every published article is rewritten, fact-checked and substantively edited by a human author before it is published. We do not publish unedited AI output. Where AI assisted in a meaningful way, this is disclosed at the bottom of the article. Every article carries a Published date and a Last updated date; when significant new evidence becomes available or when we discover an error, we update the article and note the change in a revision log at the bottom. If you spot an error, email info@clockaura.com and we will verify and act within five business days.
ClockAura is funded by Google AdSense. Advertisers have no input into what we write. We do not publish sponsored articles disguised as editorial, do not accept payment for product mentions, and do not currently use affiliate links. If we ever publish a paid post, it will be labelled clearly as "Sponsored" at the top and excluded from the editorial workflow described above. If an author has a personal or financial interest in a product, method or organisation discussed in an article, that interest is disclosed at the top of the article in an "Author disclosures" note. Editorial questions: info@clockaura.com.