Any scientist reading the disclaimer added to USDA research 'would be very confused by this statement,” one journal editor said.
The USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Md. By Ben Guarino Ben Guarino Reporter covering the practice and culture of science Email Bio Follow April 19 at 12:08 PM Researchers at the Agriculture Department laughed in disbelief last summer when they received a memo about a new requirement: Their finalized, peer-reviewed scientific publications must be labeled “preliminary.”
William Trenkle, the USDA departmental scientific integrity officer, released a statement in response to questions from The Washington Post that addressed the “formally disseminated” term in the required language: “Dissemination is a term of art used for publication of official positions of one or more agencies of the federal government.” It is defined, he said, as “agency-initiated or sponsored distribution” of information to the public.
“Any scientist reading a journal, seeing that, would be very confused by this statement,” said Ed Gregorich, editor of the Journal of Environmental Quality, which frequently publishes research by USDA scientists. Trenkle said in his statement: “Recognizing that there could be some potential confusion, if the word 'preliminary’ remains, then guidance to the research community would be appropriate.”
“We hope that it’s not interfering with the dissemination of scientific findings that are important for the public,” McEntee said. “The disclaimer policy is under development and will be released when it is finalized,” Trenkle said in the statement. “If any changes impact the scientific integrity policy, we would incorporate them into the next revision of the departmental regulation.”
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