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This study examined vocational school students' (N = 82) critical online reading skills. Additionally, we examined how students' prior knowledge, reading order of the texts, and credibility justification ability were associated with students' credibility evaluation performance. Students (studying in the field of well- being, hair, or beauty) read and evaluated two more credible and two less credible online texts about the effects of sugar consumption in a web-based environment. Almost a fifth of students could not confirm the credibility of more credible texts and question the credibility of less credible texts. Further, nearly half of the students ranked the less credible text among the two most credible texts. Regression analysis revealed that the better students' justification skills were, the better they were able to confirm the credibility of the more credible texts, question the credibility of less credible texts, and rank the texts according to their credibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new model for monitoring open science was sent for community consultation this Autumn. It is planned to be used for the first time in early 2022. In this article we discuss how the proposed model resonates with principles of responsible research evaluation using the SCOPE framework. We conclude that even though it is important to monitor the developments in open science on national level, the new model creates a ranking by making comparisons between organisations possible. This can cause optimization as universities try to secure a winning position, which is anticipated to result in unintended consequences. We call for more time for universities to implement all the recommendations already published. Also, we feel there is still a lot to do on the national level so before focusing on universities' maturity in open science, the focus should be on making sure the national environment for open science is more complete. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines illness representations as viewed by Finnish adults with a hereditary rare disease, and ways these representations manifest in their information behaviour, focusing on the cognitive authority of information sources. Data were gathered with five theme interviews and analysed using theory bound content analysis. The results show that doctors and researchers specialised in rare diseases had a central cognitive authority status among the patients. Additionally, personal expertise and experience, and peer information, particularly of practicalities, were also crucial. Information sources, and information provided by the sources, were significant in constructing illness representations and for controlling the disease. The core information sources and their evaluation varied in different disease phases and along with evolving illness identity. The results cannot be generalised to all Finnish adults with a rare disease but they add knowledge about patients' views of information sources in a situation where information is scarce. Because of the general lack of information about rare diseases, information supply, information behaviour and information creation are examples of prolific study subjects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]