A new study published in the journal Science has revealed that almost a third of research on social media published in leading scientific journals has authors with ties to industry that should be published but are not[1][2]. Industry ties include funding from social media companies or authors' prior collaboration with their employees[1]. A study led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine and the University of Washington found that half of the research published in top journals has publishable links to industry[4]. Research with links to industry focuses more on the questions of why people share misinformation and less on the role of algorithms and platform features in polarizing society[2][3]. Researchers caution that these ties can bias research findings and influence what topics researchers focus on[1]. Norms regarding the disclosure of conflicts of interest are less established in the social sciences than in other fields, such as medicine[2].