Written by James Heathers of Linneaus Univ. Released February 14, 2025<p>Abstract: ‘Forensic metascience’ involves using digital tools, statistical observations or human faculties to assess the consistency of empirical features within scientific statements. Usually, those statements are contained within formal scientific papers.<p>A forensic metascientific analysis of a paper is the presentation of one or more observations made about features within that paper. These can be numerical, visual, or textual / semantic features.<p>Forensic metascientific analysis is designed to modify trust by evaluating research consistency. It is not designed to ‘find fraud’. While this may happen, it is not the sole focus of forensic metascience as a research area and practice, it is simply the loudest consequence.