Resilient Knowledge: Trust, Mistrust, and Manipulation of Open Science Research - YouTube

"We must confront some uncomfortable situations. Openness does not necessarily equate to trust, and the ideals of open research do not guarantee integrity. Open and secure research requires us to rethink how we share knowledge and what we want research to be and not be.

If we fail to define what we mean by science, research, and even the term ‘researcher,’ then we leave ourselves vulnerable – less grounded in evidence and more at the mercy of shifting opinions.

This talk will explore:

The importance of defining “we” in the research ecosystem:

How outside forces have infiltrated open science

Why the current system disadvantages integrity

For librarians, publishers, and researchers, this is not an abstract debate. It goes to the heart of how we build infrastructures, policies, and cultures that support trust, fairness, and resilience in research.

Leslie D. McIntosh, PhD is VP of Research Integrity and Security at Digital Science and leads Forensics Scientometrics (FoSci), an initiative using forensic scientometrics to detect manipulation and strengthen trust in research. An academic-turned-entrepreneur, she founded Ripeta in 2017 to improve research integrity, which is now a key part of Digital Science. She has advised global governments, institutions, and organizations. Her work was the most-read RetractionWatch post of 2022. In 2023, her influential ideas on achieving equity in research were highlighted in the Guardian and Science."