{"title":"Science and freedom: Upholding integrity across disciplines to restore public trust","authors":"Carina I.C. Crucho","doi":"10.1016/j.matt.2025.102005","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This essay advocates for a transformative cultural shift in academia, grounded in honesty, freedom, and collaboration. By examining systemic flaws in evaluation and publication practices, it highlights how empathy-driven research can counteract pressures that undermine integrity. Restoring science as a trusted pillar of society is essential to support evidence-based policy and rebuild public trust.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":388,"journal":{"name":"Matter","volume":"8 3","pages":"Article 102005"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Matter","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590238525000487","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This essay advocates for a transformative cultural shift in academia, grounded in honesty, freedom, and collaboration. By examining systemic flaws in evaluation and publication practices, it highlights how empathy-driven research can counteract pressures that undermine integrity. Restoring science as a trusted pillar of society is essential to support evidence-based policy and rebuild public trust.
期刊介绍:
Matter, a monthly journal affiliated with Cell, spans the broad field of materials science from nano to macro levels,covering fundamentals to applications. Embracing groundbreaking technologies,it includes full-length research articles,reviews, perspectives,previews, opinions, personnel stories, and general editorial content.
Matter aims to be the primary resource for researchers in academia and industry, inspiring the next generation of materials scientists.