LibGuides: FYS 1068: Skepticism in the Information Age: Social Media & Science/ Peer-Review

Science in the Media

How effective was this video?
Who do you think is the intended audience?
Why do you think it was created?
Do you think the information here was reliable?

Diet

Read the posts and try to see how you would answer the question about reliability

Exercise

Peer-review

First peer-reviewed journal: "Philosophical Transactions" 1665. Henry Oldenburg/ Council of the Royal Society
25,000 active peer-reviewed journals in 2009
1.5 million articles/year
audience: 10-15 million readers
each year, the number of articles grows by 3% and the number of journals by 3.5% (2003)

Directory of Open Access Journals

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Academic Search Complete , designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most comprehensive scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals.

Activity: Find one peer-reviewed journal in OneSearch and try to find as much about it as you can. Important information: how long has it been around? Is it still running? If you Google the title, can you find any controversy on the web about the journal? What country is it based in? Who are the editors? Is there any controversy on the web about the editors? How often are the articles published in this journal cited? (For this last question, you may want to use Google Scholar or Web of Science Core Collection--see the tab on resources for verifying information).