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Renewing PLOS Medicine's Editorial Board in Times of Global Distraction
While science has no place for the notion of a post-truth era, medical research has at times been susceptible to manipulation for non-scientific purposes. How should medical journals exemplify reliability in times of widespread competing interests and increasingly prominent health-related claims from unfiltered sources?
In this month's Editorial, the PLOS Medicine Editors recognize the members of our recently renewed editorial board and explore the editorial board's role in maintaining the journal's validity, relevance and vital connection to the medical research community.
Image Credit: geralt, Pixabay
Citation: (2017) PLoS Medicine Issue Image | Vol. 14(2) February 2017. PLoS Med 14(2): ev14.i02. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pmed.v14.i02
Published: February 28, 2017
Copyright: © 2017 geralt, Pixabay. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
While science has no place for the notion of a post-truth era, medical research has at times been susceptible to manipulation for non-scientific purposes. How should medical journals exemplify reliability in times of widespread competing interests and increasingly prominent health-related claims from unfiltered sources?
In this month's Editorial, the PLOS Medicine Editors recognize the members of our recently renewed editorial board and explore the editorial board's role in maintaining the journal's validity, relevance and vital connection to the medical research community.
Image Credit: geralt, Pixabay