Trajectories of Collaboration and Competition in a Medical Discovery

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11261541
AutoresPaul Atkinson (0000-0001-8740-6561, University of Wales Institute Cardiff, autor de correspondencia), Claire Batchelor (University of Wales, Cardiff), C Malcolm Batchelor (University of Wales Institute Cardiff), Evelyn Parsons (University of Wales College of Medicine)
Año1998
Volumen23
Número3
Páginas259-284
Fecha de publicación1998-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaScience Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/016224399802300301
OpenAlexW2126807574
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas24
Referencias citadas40

In 1991, the myotonic dystrophy gene was cloned by researchers from Cardiff, London, and elsewhere overseas. This article examines the relationships between the different research groups. It shows that the scientific collaboration on the myotonic dystrophy research was not a constant, stable feature of scientific progress but a process whereby the relationships among the scientists altered over time according to the stage of the research. This process was mediated by vested interests, by personalities, by the power differentials of the groups, by the resources of the groups, by subcollaborations, and by interactions with those outside the main research network. The collaboration can be seen as a continuum, ranging from full cooperation with all parties to selected revelations to specific parties to intense competition. These cooperative and competitive relationships are seen primarily from the perspective of one research group, with whom intensive field research was conducted

Biology · Cognitive science · Competition (biology · Myotonic dystrophy · Personality psychology · Political science · Power (physics · Public relations · Scientific discovery · Sociology · Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases · Mitochondrial Function and Pathology · Neurology and Historical Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology · Genetics