The Perverse Effects of Competition on Scientists’ Work and Relationships | SpringerLink

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Abstract:  Competition among scientists for funding, positions and prestige, among other things, is often seen as a salutary driving force in U.S. science. Its effects on scientists, their work and their relationships are seldom considered. Focus-group discussions with 51 mid- and early-career scientists, on which this study is based, reveal a dark side of competition in science. According to these scientists, competition contributes to strategic game-playing in science, a decline in free and open sharing of information and methods, sabotage of others’ ability to use one’s work, interference with peer-review processes, deformation of relationships, and careless or questionable research conduct. When competition is pervasive, such effects may jeopardize the progress, efficiency and integrity of science.

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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11948-007-9042-5

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04/23/2021, 06:10

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oa.obstacles oa.prestige oa.ecr oa.competition oa.collaboration oa.negative

Date tagged:

04/23/2021, 10:10

Date published:

11/21/2007, 05:10