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How publishers can fight misinformation in and about science and medicine

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Scientific and medical publishers have a major role in developing guidelines and policies to combat misinformation and disinformation.

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

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  2. Center for an Informed Public, Information School, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

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C.T.B. has received honoraria from Novartis and served as a paid consultant for Color Health. J.D.W. is an advisor and board member for Consensus.app and co-founded and holds an equity stake in PatentVector.

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Bergstrom, C.T., West, J.D. How publishers can fight misinformation in and about science and medicine. Nat Med 29, 2174–2176 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02411-7

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