Open AccessAddressing disorder in scholarly communication: Strategies from NISO Plus 2021
Author(s) -
Jodi Schneider,
Michele Avissar-Whiting,
Caitlin Bakker,
Hannah Heckner,
Sylvain Massip,
Randy Townsend,
Nathan D. Woods
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
information services and use
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1875-8789
pISSN - 0167-5265
DOI - 10.3233/isu-210113
Subject(s) - misinformation , preprint , open science , order (exchange) , session (web analytics) , scholarly communication , scientific communication , covid-19 , computer science , internet privacy , pandemic , political science , public relations , world wide web , library science , publishing , business , computer security , medicine , physics , disease , finance , pathology , astronomy , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Open science and preprints have invited a larger audience of readers, especially during the pandemic. Consequently, communicating the limitations and uncertainties of research to a broader public has become important over the entire information lifecycle. This paper brings together reports from the NISO Plus 2021 conference session “Misinformation and truth: from fake news to retractions to preprints”. We discuss the validation and verification of scientific information at the preprint stage in order to support sound and open science standards, at the publication stage in order to limit the spread of retracted research, and after publication, to fight fake news about health-related research by mining open access content.