A landing page sells. A research mini-site explains. The difference is structure: a good mini-site moves a reader from orientation, through understanding, into evidence, and on to data and reuse — without losing the nuance.
The core sections
At minimum, a responsible research mini-site should include a plain-language summary, key findings, why it matters, how the study worked, figures explained, an evidence map, limitations, a "what this does not mean" section, data and code links, audience paths, and the original citation.
Summary first, caveats always
Lead with a 120–200 word plain-language summary that a non-specialist can read in under a minute. Then keep the caveats in view. The signature move of good research communication is to make limitations as visible as conclusions.
What a paper does not prove should be as easy to find as what it found.
Evidence you can inspect
Every important claim should trace back to a section, figure, table, dataset, or citation. When readers can see where a statement comes from, they can judge how much weight it carries.
Built for sharing and credibility
Finally, the page should be easy to share — a clean URL, social previews, downloadable assets — and easy to trust, with review status, version history, and a link back to the original paper.