The widespread adoption of digital media and information technologies made it exponentially easier and faster to produce, disseminate, and be exposed to false, manipulated, and sometimes hateful content. Still, misinformation is a complex, largely misunderstood phenomenon. The public, the media, and policy makers are in need of reliable, unbiased research on the prevalence, diffusion, and impact of misinformation worldwide.

The HKS Misinformation Review is a new format of peer-reviewed, scholarly publication. Content is produced and “fast-reviewed” by misinformation scientists and scholars, released under open access licensing, and geared towards emphasizing real-world implications. All content is targeted towards a specialized audience of researchers, journalists, fact checkers, educators, policy makers, and other practitioners working in the information, media, and platform landscape.

We review and publish high-quality interdisciplinary research that examines misinformation from different perspectives, from its prevalence and impact to the effectiveness of possible interventions. We currently publish six regular issues per year. We also publish special issues on themes of particular relevance curated by guest editors.

Every other month, we distribute a bimonthly digest to our subscribers. The bimonthly Digests contain all articles published in the previous two months on the HKS Misinformation Review.

We are grateful to the Rita Allen Foundation and to Elaine M. Schuster and the Schuster Media and Technology Endowment Fund for ongoing support of the HKS Misinformation Review. Special thanks to our founding funders, the Knight Foundation and the Ford Foundation.

ISSN: 2766-1652 (Online)

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Editors

Dr. Matthew Baum, Co-Founder & Marvin Kalb Professor of Global Communications and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School

Dr. Irene Pasquetto, Senior Editor & Co-Founder

Dr. Viktoria Gabriel, Interim Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Magdalena Tarnawska Senel, Managing Editor

Costanza Sciubba Caniglia, Special Editor for Commentaries

Editorial Board

Over 40 misinformation experts from over 20 different institutions serve on our Editorial Board.

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A single-subject, useful journal

The HKS Misinformation Review is an interdisciplinary, open access forum where journalists, technologists, and educators can connect with timely, peer-reviewed research about misinformation. We invite empirical research from all fields – quantitative and qualitative – and encourage submissions that define misinformation in all its variations, estimate its prevalence and impact, document media manipulation tactics, evaluate interventions (including education, content moderation, debunking and regulation), and historically situate the institutions that define our media ecosystem. 

Fast peer review process

The HKS Misinformation Review adopts a “fast approach” to peer review. Essays are limited to 3,000 words. Articles are submitted in a structured format that emphasizes real-world implications. Reviewers and editors receive compensation for their diligence. This process allows us to publish research products within two months after submission, on a rolling basis.

Content selection and curation

The HKS Misinformation Review features traditional scholarly articles, but also curated datasets, data visualizations, videos, podcasts, and tools. Priority is given to research with real-world implications. To ensure content clarity and impact, our editors work with the authors to keep academic jargon to a minimum and to encourage a straightforward writing style.

Our calls for papers include:

• Disinformation, propaganda, and media manipulation
• Media business models, news quality, and misinformation
• Health and science misinformation
• Hate speech, content moderation, and platform accountability
• International disinformation, security, and warfare
• Online misinformation, offline narratives, and real-life impact

Disclaimer: The views in the articles published in the HKS Misinformation Review are those of individual authors and do not represent the opinions, policies, or official positions of Harvard University, the Harvard Kennedy School, or the Shorenstein Center.