Open AccessTen simple rules to facilitate evidence implementation in the environmental sciences
Author(s) -
Christopher J. Lortie,
Malory Owen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
facets
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2371-1671
DOI - 10.1139/facets-2020-0021
Subject(s) - leverage (statistics) , simple (philosophy) , checklist , reuse , management science , computer science , data science , knowledge management , engineering ethics , engineering , psychology , epistemology , artificial intelligence , philosophy , cognitive psychology , waste management
There is a gap between fundamental science and managers. There are many general solutions including the need to better leverage the primary scientific literature for decision-making. Herein, we provide a list of 10 simple rules to support environmental management through better scientific writing and suggest practices for more transparent publications. These rules can also be used as a checklist for reusing the primary literature when searching for relevant evidence in the environmental sciences. We need to better structure knowledge in papers for connections within sustainable societies.