Trust & Proof: Reactome – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

Reactome

(https://reactome.org) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 25, 2026
Trust & Proof — The Lens

Count trust words (review, testimonial, rating, verified) against real outbound proof links (Google, Trustpilot, Clutch, G2, Yelp). Lots of trust language with zero verification links is trust theatre. Unlinked logo galleries count against it.

Trust & Proof Verifiable evidence vs. Trust Theatre.
20 Impact Weight: 20 / 100
100% Reputation

Trust theatre is absent. While the data shows a review_count of 8, these appear to be internal system metrics or citations rather than marketing testimonials. The site provides a proof_links_count of 1 on most pages, but the real proof is in the citations of NIH grants (U24 HG012198) and the explicit Research Spotlight on the March 2025 Society of Toxicology paper by Tsai et al.

Proof density is near total. The site lists 42,784 literature references and provides a Recent News section with links to preprints and new publications in NAR 2026. This is a primary source of data, not a marketing wrapper for a secondary service.

Trust & Proof is read by weighing trust language against real verification. Below is the page-by-page tally of review mentions and external proof links, then the schema markup that may (or may not) declare verifiable ratings and identity proof.

🛡️ Trust Signals — reviews, proof links, trust-theatre check
18Review mentions (all pages)
3External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 8 1
/PathwayBrowser/ 0 0
/userguide/analysis/ 4 1
/documentation/ 6 1
🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: declared ratings, reviews & identity proof
Homepage schema
[
    {
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "WebSite",
        "url": "https://reactome.org/",
        "potentialAction": {
            "@type": "SearchAction",
            "target": "https://reactome.org/content/query?q={term}",
            "query-input": "required name=term"
        }
    },
    {
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "Organization",
        "url": "https://reactome.org",
        "logo": "https://reactome.org/templates/favourite/images/logo/logo.png",
        "email": "help@reactome.org"
    }
]
/PathwayBrowser/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/userguide/analysis/
[
    {
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "WebSite",
        "url": "https://reactome.org/",
        "potentialAction": {
            "@type": "SearchAction",
            "target": "https://reactome.org/content/query?q={term}",
            "query-input": "required name=term"
        }
    },
    {
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "Organization",
        "url": "https://reactome.org",
        "logo": "https://reactome.org/templates/favourite/images/logo/logo.png",
        "email": "help@reactome.org"
    }
]
/documentation/
[
    {
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "WebSite",
        "url": "https://reactome.org/",
        "potentialAction": {
            "@type": "SearchAction",
            "target": "https://reactome.org/content/query?q={term}",
            "query-input": "required name=term"
        }
    },
    {
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "Organization",
        "url": "https://reactome.org",
        "logo": "https://reactome.org/templates/favourite/images/logo/logo.png",
        "email": "help@reactome.org"
    }
]