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Signaling the trustworthiness of science

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  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson

    (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104)

  • Marcia McNutt

    (National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC 20001)

  • Veronique Kiermer

    (Public Library of Science, San Francisco, CA 94111)

  • Richard Sever

    (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724)

Abstract

Trust in science increases when scientists and the outlets certifying their work honor science’s norms. Scientists often fail to signal to other scientists and, perhaps more importantly, the public that these norms are being upheld. They could do so as they generate, certify, and react to each other’s findings: for example, by promoting the use and value of evidence, transparent reporting, self-correction, replication, a culture of critique, and controls for bias. A number of approaches for authors and journals would lead to more effective signals of trustworthiness at the article level. These include article badging, checklists, a more extensive withdrawal ontology, identity verification, better forward linking, and greater transparency.

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  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson & Marcia McNutt & Veronique Kiermer & Richard Sever, 2019. "Signaling the trustworthiness of science," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 116(39), pages 19231-19236, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nas:journl:v:116:y:2019:p:19231-19236
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    1. Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, 2021. "Abuse of ORCID’s weaknesses by authors who use paper mills," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(7), pages 6119-6125, July.
    2. Gilles Grolleau & Naoufel Mzoughi, 2022. "How research institutions can make the best of scandals – once they become unavoidable," Post-Print hal-03908837, HAL.

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