Claims‑first scientific indexing

Instead of indexing whole papers, build structured, queryable databases of individual claims linked to the evidence, methods, datasets, and a machine‑estimated confidence score. AI systems would extract claims, score and cross‑check evidence, and surface reliability‑weighted answers to “what do we know about X” instead of lists of PDFs. — Shifting discovery and validation from documents to claim records would rewire incentives in publishing, peer review, tenure, and public communication of science.