19. Transparency

Introduction

We strive for impartiality and transparency, in line with our Editorial values.

Creative Commons

Any article we republish under a Creative Commons licence, should mention the following in italics at the end: its source, whether it was edited and its precise Creative Commons licence, all along with relevant links. For example, this article on Zika research was originally published by the Wellcome Trust. At the end, we added:

This is an edited version of an article that first appeared on the Wellcome Trust blog. It is published under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licence.

Individuals

When an article features an individual with whom SciDev.Net is associated, we should include an italicised sentence at the end disclosing this relationship.

Similarly, any role that writers had with any initiatives or organisations mentioned in an article — or any funding they had from them — must be mentioned at the end in italics. For example: Noshua Watson helped the Business Innovation Facility develop its evaluation methodology and did field research to support its evaluation of Oando. (article link)

Organisations and initiatives

We must also be clear about current relationships with external organisations.

Any travel, accommodation and attendance costs being met by an outside organisation must be mentioned at the end of any resulting articles in italicised text, e.g. The organisers paid for SciDev.Net to travel to and attend the meeting.

Articles with a significant mention of any of our core funders (rather than just a comment from one of their employees) must make this clear: e.g. SciDev.Net is funded by DFID.

All pieces we produce as part of project funding, partnerships, joint events or contracts should have an italicised sentence disclosing this relationship at the end, along with the name of any project it is part of. For example:

This article is part of a series Africa’s Minds: Build a Better Future produced by SciDev.Net in association with UNESCO, with funding support from the Islamic Development Bank. (article link)

This article is part of the Africa’s PhD Renaissance series funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. (article link)

This is part of a set of pieces on data funded by the Hewlett Foundation. (article link)