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What can i put in my article to make it more reliable...

“what can i put in my article to make it more reliable”
Include credible citations
Confidence: High Checked on August 17, 2026

Summary

Strengthen your article by citing peer‑reviewed research and authoritative, up‑to‑date sources. Provide clear author credentials, detailed methodology, and supporting data, and evaluate each source using criteria such as authority, currency, relevance, accuracy, and purpose (e.g., the CRAAP test). These practices signal reliability and enhance the article’s trustworthiness.

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  • ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

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  • Judging a text by its author — A meta-analysis of interventions to foster source credibility assessment - ScienceDirect

    In addition to traditional criteria, Metzger identified social and heuristic cues to credibility: Users tend to trust more reputable (i.e., familiar names and sources), endorsed (i.e., number of likes on social media), and self-confirmatory (i.e., consistent with a person’s prior beliefs) sources, while expectancy violating and persuasive (e.g., advertising) sources are deemed less credible. Among other relevant models in this line of research, the main model of Sundar (2008) focuses on the structural features that trigger heuristics that influence users’ credibility judgments: modality of how the information is presented (e.g., audio, text, video), agency of the information source, interactivity or the degree to which users can serve as both source and receiver of information, navigability or the ease of locating relevant information.

  • Reading is believing: The truth effect and source credibility - ScienceDirect

    Only two studies in a recent meta-analysis of truth effect studies made direct comparisons across different delay periods, with “no clear pattern for the influence of intersession interval on the truth effect” observed (Dechêne et al., 2010, p. 246), though the effect has been reliably obtained at intervals ranging from minutes to several weeks. Furthermore, in prior studies, the information provided about the validity of the statement or source was relatively unequivocal.

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una.edu
  • Cayla Buttram, David MacMillan III, & Leigh Thompson Updated November 2012

    Finding sources for research is important, but using unreliable sources will hurt your credibility and make · your arguments seem less powerful. It is important to be able to identify which sources are credible. This · ability requires an understanding of depth, objectivity, currency, authority, and purpose. Whether or not your source is peer-reviewed, it is still a good idea to evaluate it based on these five · factors. An article that has been peer-reviewed is credible, but it still might not be completely relevant to

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  • How do I know if my sources are credible/reliable? - FAQ - Library Guides at University of Washington Libraries

    5 W Questions (5Ws): This method means thinking critically about each of your sources by answering five questions to determine if the source is credible/reliable. The acceptable answers to these questions will vary depending on your needs. The questions are: ... SMART Check: This method is particularly good at evaluating newspaper sources. Like the 5Ws method it also involves answering critical questions about your source. The criteria are: ... CRAAP Test: This method provides you with a set of criteria that make a source more or less credible.

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  • Tips & Tricks for identifying a trustworthy article | Scholar Speak

    One of the easiest methods a user can rely on to tell if an article is trustworthy is whether or not it is peer-reviewed. Peer-review means that the article has been looked over by other experts in the field before it was submitted to the greater academic community for viewing.

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