Signaling the trustworthiness of science

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Marcia McNutt (), Veronique Kiermer and Richard Sever
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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

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019, vol. 116, issue 39, 19231-19236

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.

Keywords: scientific integrity; transparency; signaling trustworthiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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