Abstract Thirty years ago, Rob Van der Voo proposed an elegant and simple system for evaluating the quality of paleomagnetic data. As a second-year Ph.D. student, the lead author remembers Rob waxing philosophical about the need to have an appropriate, but not overly rigid evaluation system. The end result was a 7-point system that assigned a (1) or (0) for any paleomagnetic result based on objective criteria. The goal was never to reject or blindly accept any particular result, but merely to indicate the degree of quality for any paleomagnetic pole. At the time, the global paleomagnetic database was burgeoning and it was deemed useful to rank older paleomagnetic results with the newer data being developed in modern laboratories. Van der Voo's, 1990 paper launched a silent revolution in paleomagnetism. Researchers began to evaluate their data against those seven criteria with the anticipation that reviewers would be similarly critical. Today, paleomagnetism is a mature science. Our methods, analyses, and results are more sophisticated than they were 30 years ago. Therefore, we feel it is appropriate to revisit the Van der Voo (1990) criteria in light of those developments. We hope to honor the intention of the original paper by keeping the criteria simple and easy to evaluate while also acknowledging the advances in science. This paper aims to update the criteria and modernize the process. We base our changes on advances in paleomagnetism and geochronology with a faithful adherence to the simplicity of the original publication. We offer the “Reliability” or “R” index as the next generation of the Van der Voo “Quality” or “Q” index. The new R-criteria evaluate seven different information items for each paleomagnetic pole including age, statistical requirements, identification of magnetic carriers, field tests, structural integrity, presence of reversals and an evaluation for possible remagnetization.

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宏伟七：质量指标适度修订的建议

摘要 30 年前，Rob Van der Voo 提出了一个优雅而简单的古地磁数据质量评估系统。作为二年级博士。学生，第一作者记得 Rob 对需要有一个适当的，但不是过于严格的评估系统的看法。最终结果是一个 7 分系统，根据客观标准为任何古地磁结果分配 (1) 或 (0)。目标绝不是拒绝或盲目接受任何特定结果，而只是表明任何古磁极的质量程度。当时，全球古地磁数据库正在蓬勃发展，人们认为将较旧的古地磁结果与现代实验室正在开发的较新数据进行排名很有用。Van der Voo 于 1990 年发表的论文在古地磁学中发起了一场无声的革命。研究人员开始根据这七项标准评估他们的数据，并预计审稿人也会同样重要。今天，古地磁学是一门成熟的科学。我们的方法、分析和结果比 30 年前更加复杂。因此，我们认为根据这些发展重新审视 Van der Voo (1990) 标准是合适的。我们希望通过保持标准简单和易于评估来尊重原始论文的意图，同时也承认科学的进步。本文旨在更新标准并使流程现代化。我们的更改基于古地磁学和地质年代学的进步，忠实地坚持原始出版物的简单性。我们提供“可靠性”或“R”指数作为范德武“质量”或“Q”指数的下一代。