Frontiers in Behavioral Economics – Bias and Credibility

Frontiers in Behavioral Economics - Pro Science - Non Biased - Credible - Trustworthy

Factual Reporting: Mostly Factual - Mostly Credible and Reliable


PRO-SCIENCE

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  • Overall, we rate Frontiers in Behavioral Economics as a Pro-Science journal based on peer review and a clean fact-check record. We also rate them Mostly Factual due to Frontier Media’s retractions of studies either pre or post-publication.

Detailed Report

Bias Rating: PRO-SCIENCE
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL
Country: Switzerland
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: EXCELLENT
Media Type: Journal
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

History

Frontiers in Behavioral Economics is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that covers the field of Behavioral Economics. According to its about page, “Explores the role of cognitive limitations and biases in decision-making, from household economics to culture and ethics, increasing our understanding of human behavior”

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Funded by / Ownership

Frontiers in Behavioral Economics is owned by Frontiers Media SA, which is a for-profit corporation. Funding comes from digital sales of content and author fees for publication.

Analysis / Bias

Frontiers in Behavioral Economics is an open-access journal that publishes information and research related to Bees. The journal primarily publishes research like this Cost-Sharing or Rebate: The Impact of Health Insurance Design on Reducing Inefficient Care.



Frontiers Media has been criticized for being a predatory open-access publisher. In short, Predatory Open Access publishing is an exploitative open-access publishing business model that involves charging publication fees to authors without providing the editorial and publishing services associated with legitimate journals.

However, Frontiers in Behavioral Economics is a credible scientific journal, as we have not found any controversy or significant retractions. Although, Frontiers Media has retracted some studies in other publications that were found to be of poor methodology and not thoroughly peer-reviewed.

Failed Fact Checks

  • None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate Frontiers in Behavioral Economics as a Pro-Science journal based on peer review and a clean fact-check record. We also rate them Mostly Factual due to Frontier Media’s retractions of studies either pre or post-publication. (D. Van Zandt 02/14/2023)

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-economics

Last Updated on May 24, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check


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