Function | Solutions adopted in scientific community |
To ease communication | Use of best media available, simplicity |
To reduce false or irrelevant data | Punishment for false data, free speech, right to contradictory, transparency, redundant supervision, relevance filtering |
To mitigate loss of data | Responsibilities, protocols, use of best media available |
To ease credit attribution | Definition of metrics, automation of citation count, recognition is immediate after verification |
To reduce unreal credit attribution | Credit subjected to earlier realization, redundant and independent evaluation |
To reduce credit loss | Plagiarism interdiction, decision maker limitation, redundant supervision |