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High reliability and construct validity were reported by testing the convergent and discriminant validity of the main instrument.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) resulted in a scale named SWCRED including eight components and 28 items. Considering path coefficients (?) and\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -statistics (\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -value), a significant relationship was reported between all components and the main variable of credibility in the final scale at a 99% confidence level (\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a02.57).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Results suggest that the information credibility of scientific websites, especially in the university contexts, can be measured by asking participants to rate how well eight components represent content including ethics, writing style, website appearance, website identity, professional information, accuracy, usability and interaction. 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