Taxonomy of Antiscience Themes - Topic Citations
Topic ID: 71
Every citation has two independent 0-100 scores. The source Reliability score rates the general reliability of the outlet itself, regardless of the specific claim, based on an eight-tier scale running from primary government and international scientific bodies (CDC, WHO, NASA, IPCC) at the top, through peer-reviewed journals, wire services, mainstream science journalism, and advocacy organizations, down to tertiary references like Wikipedia and unverifiable or absent sources at the bottom.
The Accuracy score, by contrast, rates how well a specific citation supports topic statements — a citation from an excellent source can score low if misapplied or can score high if it precisely backs up topic statements.
Historical & Cultural Antiscience
- WikipediaReliability score: 55 | Accuracy score: 75
- WikipediaReliability score: 55 | Accuracy score: 75
Pseudoscience Presented as Science (Crystal Healing)
- Science-Based MedicineReliability score: 74 | Accuracy score: 82
- Science-Based MedicineReliability score: 74 | Accuracy score: 82
Scienceploitation
- Big ThinkReliability score: 60 | Accuracy score: 88
- Big ThinkReliability score: 60 | Accuracy score: 88
Paranormal and Supernatural Claims
- Frontiers in PsychologyReliability score: 80 | Accuracy score: 75
- Frontiers in PsychologyReliability score: 80 | Accuracy score: 75
Politicized Anti-Science
- SAGE Journals (Current Directions in Psychological Science)Reliability score: 86 | Accuracy score: 82
- SAGE Journals (Current Directions in Psychological Science)Reliability score: 86 | Accuracy score: 82
Conspiratorial Beliefs
- PMC (NIH)Reliability score: 88 | Accuracy score: 75
- PMC (NIH)Reliability score: 88 | Accuracy score: 75
Pseudoscience Presented as Science (Homeopathy)
- Edzard Ernst (leading complementary-medicine researcher)Reliability score: 65 | Accuracy score: 75
- Edzard Ernst (leading complementary-medicine researcher)Reliability score: 65 | Accuracy score: 75