It can be seen that there are a lot of false information available online, and worse than that it is published in well-known journals. In your point of view, do you agree , and what it can be done to overcome this issue.
Ali - that's true enough and has generally been the case throuhg academic history. For all sorts of reasons i.e. inadequate reviewer skills and recruitment - it could be argued that as much 'mediocre' research is published as good quality findings. As reviewers are volunteers, I'm not sure that the situation will change much in the foreseeable future. What is known to impact the general quality of research findings is the 'explosion' of 'predatory' open access journals - and that's a whole other story - already well covered on RG.
Ali - that's true enough and has generally been the case throuhg academic history. For all sorts of reasons i.e. inadequate reviewer skills and recruitment - it could be argued that as much 'mediocre' research is published as good quality findings. As reviewers are volunteers, I'm not sure that the situation will change much in the foreseeable future. What is known to impact the general quality of research findings is the 'explosion' of 'predatory' open access journals - and that's a whole other story - already well covered on RG.
Can we trust data/information in any published article ? One's experience on the topic of a published article, taking into account its quality, especially concerning the sections of methodology and results, plays a crucial role. Regarding unfamiliar topics, things are more complicated. Nevertheless, in the majority of the cases, published articles in trustworthy journals are of sufficient quality.
I do not agree with your broad statement "trust data/information in any published article". We cannot make this generalisation such as "any", as you know? My question to you what evidence do you have to come with such an idea and generalisation?
However, let me say to you. We in the scientific communities we check things. For example, if a study published in Gastroenterology, or Hepatology, you will find significant centres worldwide involved in such research check these results and try to build projects to expand on this new area. The findings may be supportive, equivocal or against, and so on. We also conduct systematic reviews and meta-analysis to see trends, identify gaps and critically analyse publications on a topic/area. Therefore, scientific communities are always involved in identifying errors, gaps, or areas that should be corrected through letters to the Editors, post-publication feedback and other methods.
I can say that I trust to my results.
I hope that I can trust to others.
I choose to trust... Otherwise, if many are false it could lead to a real disaster 🤔
Ali!..we shouldn't trust the data from all the sources..but if the data/information are from good journals with impact factors then we can relay on them more..
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