F Hesselmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 36046 |
|---|---|
| NAME | F Hesselmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | F |
| FAMILY NAME | Hesselmann |
| SIGNATURE | HESSELMANN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5902-0511 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Creating Interpretative Spaces in and with Digital Infrastructures: How Editors Select Reviewers at a Biomedical Publisher
Digital infrastructures, such as editorial management systems (EMS), play a crucial role in academic publishing. However, despite their ubiquity, they have received surprisingly little analytical attention. Here, we investigate how EMSs are employed in practice and contribute to editorial evaluations. Conducting a case study of a biomedical publisher, we investigate the selection of peer reviewers by editors, using both qualitative and quantitati…
From scandal to reform: Approaches to research integrity at a turning point
This perspective article explores the historical evolution of scandals related to academic integrity and their implications for the relationship between science and politics. We argue that there are three distinctive waves of scandalization since the postwar era: The first wave, starting in the 1970s, led to governance measures addressing public trust issues in science funding. The 1980s and 1990s witnessed a second wave centered on research misc…
Wissenschaftssoziologie
Cycles of invisibility: The limits of transparency in dealing with scientific misconduct
Sanctions for plagiarism, falsification and fabrication in research are primarily symbolic. This paper investigates sanctions for scientific misconduct and their preceding investigation processes as visible and legitimate symbols. Using three different data sources (retraction notices, expert interviews, and a survey of scientists), we show that sanctions for scientific misconduct operate within a cycle of visibility, in which sanctions are highl…
Sichtbarkeit und Bewertung
In der Soziologie des Wertens und Bewertens wird Sichtbarkeit, d. h. wer wen wann auf welche Weise sehen kann, als wesentlicher Aspekt von Bewertungsverfahren diskutiert. Indem theoretische Perspektiven auf Sichtbarkeit mit aktueller Forschung zu Bewertungsverfahren zusammengebracht werden, nimmt der Artikel die Kalibrierung von Sichtbarkeit in und durch Bewertungsverfahren in den Blick. Er zeigt unterschiedliche Sichtbarkeitskonstellationen auf,…
Science and its Others: Examining the discourse about scientific misconduct through a postcolonial lens
This article investigates the current discourse about scientific misconduct from a postcolonial perspective. It traces the development of a causal story about scientific misconduct, blaming misconduct on so-called foreign scientific cultures said to be most prevalent among developing countries. The paper attempts to show how the discourse on misconduct is structured by themes and logics of coloniality as well as diverges from them, exhibiting shi…
Science Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry? Apologies for Scientific Misconduct
Retractions of journal articles exclude fraudulent or erroneous research from legitimate science and perform boundary work. Analyzing retractions from different disciplines and focusing on their apologetic aspects, we find that these apologies shift between openly addressing emotional, normative, and social themes and concealing them in a more scientific style of communication. Their boundary work remains highly ambivalent: They alternate between…
Evaluations as value-measurement links: Exploring metrics and meanings in science
This contribution seeks to provide a more detailed insight into the entanglement of value and measurement. Drawing on insights from semiotics and a Bourdieusian perspective on language as an economy of linguistic exchange, we develop the theoretical concept of value-measurement links and distinguish three processes - operationalisation, nomination, and indetermination - as forms in which these links can be constructed. We illustrate these three p…
Punishing crimes of the mind: Sanctions for scientific misconduct as a case for the cultural theory of punishment
The present article is concerned with the symbolism of punishment, using sanctions for scientific misconduct as an exemplary case. By looking at a case not traditionally an object for criminology, it seeks to extend existing cultural theories of punishment to incorporate settings that are not defined by penal law but that nonetheless feature phenomena of deviance and punishment. The article outlines how sanctions for misconduct, much like state p…
The visibility of scientific misconduct: A review of the literature on retracted journal articles
Retractions of scientific articles are becoming the most relevant institution for making sense of scientific misconduct. An increasing number of retracted articles, mainly attributed to misconduct, is currently providing a new empirical basis for research about scientific misconduct. This article reviews the relevant research literature from an interdisciplinary context. Furthermore, the results from these studies are contextualized sociologicall…
Wissenschaftssoziologie: Studien und Materialien
Frisch, Katrin, Felix Hagenström und Nele Reeg: Wissenschaftliche Fairness. Wissenschaft zwischen Integrität und Fehlverhalten. Bielefeld: transcript 2022. 286 Seiten. ISBN: 978-3-8376-5966‐5. Preis: € 32
Sichtbarkeit und Bewertung
In der Soziologie des Wertens und Bewertens wird Sichtbarkeit, d. h. wer wen wann auf welche Weise sehen kann, als wesentlicher Aspekt von Bewertungsverfahren diskutiert. Indem theoretische Perspektiven auf Sichtbarkeit mit aktueller Forschung zu Bewertungsverfahren zusammengebracht werden, nimmt der Artikel die Kalibrierung von Sichtbarkeit in und durch Bewertungsverfahren in den Blick. Er zeigt unterschiedliche Sichtbarkeitskonstellationen auf,…
Evaluations as value-measurement links: Exploring metrics and meanings in science
This contribution seeks to provide a more detailed insight into the entanglement of value and measurement. Drawing on insights from semiotics and a Bourdieusian perspective on language as an economy of linguistic exchange, we develop the theoretical concept of value-measurement links and distinguish three processes - operationalisation, nomination, and indetermination - as forms in which these links can be constructed. We illustrate these three p…
Punishing crimes of the mind: Sanctions for scientific misconduct as a case for the cultural theory of punishment
The present article is concerned with the symbolism of punishment, using sanctions for scientific misconduct as an exemplary case. By looking at a case not traditionally an object for criminology, it seeks to extend existing cultural theories of punishment to incorporate settings that are not defined by penal law but that nonetheless feature phenomena of deviance and punishment. The article outlines how sanctions for misconduct, much like state p…
Wissenschaftssoziologie: Studien und Materialien
Frisch, Katrin, Felix Hagenström und Nele Reeg: Wissenschaftliche Fairness. Wissenschaft zwischen Integrität und Fehlverhalten. Bielefeld: transcript 2022. 286 Seiten. ISBN: 978-3-8376-5966‐5. Preis: € 32
Cycles of invisibility: The limits of transparency in dealing with scientific misconduct
Sanctions for plagiarism, falsification and fabrication in research are primarily symbolic. This paper investigates sanctions for scientific misconduct and their preceding investigation processes as visible and legitimate symbols. Using three different data sources (retraction notices, expert interviews, and a survey of scientists), we show that sanctions for scientific misconduct operate within a cycle of visibility, in which sanctions are highl…
Wissenschaftssoziologie: Studien und Materialien
Frisch, Katrin, Felix Hagenström und Nele Reeg: Wissenschaftliche Fairness. Wissenschaft zwischen Integrität und Fehlverhalten. Bielefeld: transcript 2022. 286 Seiten. ISBN: 978-3-8376-5966‐5. Preis: € 32
The visibility of scientific misconduct: A review of the literature on retracted journal articles
Retractions of scientific articles are becoming the most relevant institution for making sense of scientific misconduct. An increasing number of retracted articles, mainly attributed to misconduct, is currently providing a new empirical basis for research about scientific misconduct. This article reviews the relevant research literature from an interdisciplinary context. Furthermore, the results from these studies are contextualized sociologicall…
Punishing crimes of the mind: Sanctions for scientific misconduct as a case for the cultural theory of punishment
The present article is concerned with the symbolism of punishment, using sanctions for scientific misconduct as an exemplary case. By looking at a case not traditionally an object for criminology, it seeks to extend existing cultural theories of punishment to incorporate settings that are not defined by penal law but that nonetheless feature phenomena of deviance and punishment. The article outlines how sanctions for misconduct, much like state p…
Science and its Others: Examining the discourse about scientific misconduct through a postcolonial lens
This article investigates the current discourse about scientific misconduct from a postcolonial perspective. It traces the development of a causal story about scientific misconduct, blaming misconduct on so-called foreign scientific cultures said to be most prevalent among developing countries. The paper attempts to show how the discourse on misconduct is structured by themes and logics of coloniality as well as diverges from them, exhibiting shi…
Science Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry? Apologies for Scientific Misconduct
Retractions of journal articles exclude fraudulent or erroneous research from legitimate science and perform boundary work. Analyzing retractions from different disciplines and focusing on their apologetic aspects, we find that these apologies shift between openly addressing emotional, normative, and social themes and concealing them in a more scientific style of communication. Their boundary work remains highly ambivalent: They alternate between…
Evaluations as value-measurement links: Exploring metrics and meanings in science
This contribution seeks to provide a more detailed insight into the entanglement of value and measurement. Drawing on insights from semiotics and a Bourdieusian perspective on language as an economy of linguistic exchange, we develop the theoretical concept of value-measurement links and distinguish three processes - operationalisation, nomination, and indetermination - as forms in which these links can be constructed. We illustrate these three p…
Cycles of invisibility: The limits of transparency in dealing with scientific misconduct
Sanctions for plagiarism, falsification and fabrication in research are primarily symbolic. This paper investigates sanctions for scientific misconduct and their preceding investigation processes as visible and legitimate symbols. Using three different data sources (retraction notices, expert interviews, and a survey of scientists), we show that sanctions for scientific misconduct operate within a cycle of visibility, in which sanctions are highl…
Sichtbarkeit und Bewertung
In der Soziologie des Wertens und Bewertens wird Sichtbarkeit, d. h. wer wen wann auf welche Weise sehen kann, als wesentlicher Aspekt von Bewertungsverfahren diskutiert. Indem theoretische Perspektiven auf Sichtbarkeit mit aktueller Forschung zu Bewertungsverfahren zusammengebracht werden, nimmt der Artikel die Kalibrierung von Sichtbarkeit in und durch Bewertungsverfahren in den Blick. Er zeigt unterschiedliche Sichtbarkeitskonstellationen auf,…
Wissenschaftssoziologie
From scandal to reform: Approaches to research integrity at a turning point
This perspective article explores the historical evolution of scandals related to academic integrity and their implications for the relationship between science and politics. We argue that there are three distinctive waves of scandalization since the postwar era: The first wave, starting in the 1970s, led to governance measures addressing public trust issues in science funding. The 1980s and 1990s witnessed a second wave centered on research misc…
Creating Interpretative Spaces in and with Digital Infrastructures: How Editors Select Reviewers at a Biomedical Publisher
Digital infrastructures, such as editorial management systems (EMS), play a crucial role in academic publishing. However, despite their ubiquity, they have received surprisingly little analytical attention. Here, we investigate how EMSs are employed in practice and contribute to editorial evaluations. Conducting a case study of a biomedical publisher, we investigate the selection of peer reviewers by editors, using both qualitative and quantitati…
Political science (7 works) · Academic integrity and plagiarism (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Misconduct (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Deception detection and forensic psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)