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Editorial
. 2025 Apr 1;23(2):138-141.
doi: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000512.

Science is permanent, politics is temporary: in an era of knowledge resistance, misinformation, and disinformation, researchers must continue to stand and deliver

Peter Bragge  1
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Editorial

Science is permanent, politics is temporary: in an era of knowledge resistance, misinformation, and disinformation, researchers must continue to stand and deliver

Peter Bragge. JBI Evid Implement. .

Abstract

The ongoing challenge of addressing misinformation, disinformation, and knowledge resistance has gained intense focus since the election of Donald Trump and the consequent damage to US research infrastructure and activity. Understanding how misinformation and disinformation are designed to influence community attitudes and beliefs is an important foundation from which to take positive action. As the global science community mobilizes to highlight the negative real-world impacts of misinformation, disinformation, and knowledge resistance-especially in the early days of the Trump presidency-this editorial presents three practical and positive actions that researchers can take, together with examples drawn from implementation and behavioral science: (1) Keep producing credible knowledge, (2) Make published research freely accessible, and (3) Use evidence-based research communication techniques.

Keywords: disinformation; knowledge resistance; misinformation.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflicts of interest.

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