Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2011

Seiten: 165-183

Zeitschrift: Episteme: A journal of individual and social epistemology

Bandnummer: 8

Heftnummer: 2

ISSN: 1742-3600

eISSN: 1750-0117

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3366/epi.2011.0014

Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Abstract: 
Why is the average quality of research in open science so high? The answer seems obvious. Science is highly competitive, and publishing high quality research is the way to rise to the top. Thus, researchers face strong incentives to produce high quality work. However, this is only part of the answer. High quality in science, after all, is what researchers in the relevant field consider to be high quality. Why and how do competing researchers coordinate on common quality standards? I argue that, on the methodological level, science is a dynamic beauty contest.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Albert, M. (2011) METHODOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC COMPETITION, Episteme: A journal of individual and social epistemology, 8(2), pp. 165-183. https://doi.org/10.3366/epi.2011.0014

APA-Zitierstil: Albert, M. (2011). METHODOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC COMPETITION. Episteme: A journal of individual and social epistemology. 8(2), 165-183. https://doi.org/10.3366/epi.2011.0014