"Public credibility" refers to the trust and belief that people have in a person, organization, or a public figure. It means having a good reputation and being seen as reliable, honest, and trustworthy by the general public. Full definition
The need for public credibility and transparency has dramatically increased in recent years as the policy relevance of climate research has increased. (climateaudit.org)
Second, legal materials have a great deal more public credibility when they're not seen as vehicles for rank self - promotion. (slaw.ca)
The debate heated up in the 1950's over claims by those adhering to a behavioral perspective, that talk therapies were not effective, and that to achieve public credibility, the effectiveness of psychotherapy had to be empirically established (Bachelor and Horvath, 1999). (cyc-net.org)