Utilization of borax and its impact on the income and the livelihood of miners and other stakeholders: A case of Uganda

James Natweta Baguma, Victoria Mukasa, D. K. Sekimpi, Daniel Sekabojja, Victoria Nabankema, Kamese Geoffrey, Eva Magambo, John Ssempebwa, Margrethe Smidth

Open source

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320543
Published: 2025-08-19
Container: PLOS One
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Open access: unknown

Credibility signals

uncertain Score 64/100 under policy 1.0.0. This is a metadata assessment, not a judgment of the paper's conclusions.

Show all credibility signals

supportingDOI registered: A matching record was returned by Crossref. Source: Crossref; license: CC0 metadata
supportingDOI resolves: A matching record was returned by Crossref. Source: Crossref; license: CC0 metadata
not scoredDirectory of Open Access Journals: No matching DOAJ record was present in this response. No allow-list match; this is not evidence of low credibility. Source: DOAJ; license: CC0
not scoredMEDLINE indexed: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredOpenAlex core source: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredKnown publisher allow-list: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredROR affiliation: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredRetraction Watch retraction: No retraction notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch expression of concern: No expression of concern notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch correction: No correction notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch reinstatement: No reinstatement notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredOpen access status: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredPublication license: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredPublication version: A publication version was supplied but is not scored. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer
supportingMetadata completeness: All 6 scored descriptive metadata groups are present. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer

Cite this work

BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0320543,
  title = {Utilization of borax and its impact on the income and the livelihood of miners and other stakeholders: A case of Uganda},
  author = {James Natweta Baguma and Victoria Mukasa and D. K. Sekimpi and Daniel Sekabojja and Victoria Nabankema and Kamese Geoffrey and Eva Magambo and John Ssempebwa and Margrethe Smidth},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {PLOS One},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0320543},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320543}
}

RIS

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Utilization of borax and its impact on the income and the livelihood of miners and other stakeholders: A case of Uganda
AU  - James Natweta Baguma
AU  - Victoria Mukasa
AU  - D. K. Sekimpi
AU  - Daniel Sekabojja
AU  - Victoria Nabankema
AU  - Kamese Geoffrey
AU  - Eva Magambo
AU  - John Ssempebwa
AU  - Margrethe Smidth
PY  - 2025
JO  - PLOS One
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0320543
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320543
ER  -

APA

Baguma, J. N., Mukasa, V., Sekimpi, D. K., Sekabojja, D., Nabankema, V., Geoffrey, K., Magambo, E., Ssempebwa, J., & Smidth, M. (2025). Utilization of borax and its impact on the income and the livelihood of miners and other stakeholders: A case of Uganda. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320543

Source records

crossref · retrieved 2026-11-11T04:38:10.887Z