The Ethos of Science and Its Correlates
An Empirical Analysis of Scientists’ Endorsement of Mertonian Norms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19450076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | So Young Kim (0000-0003-2258-7490), Yoonhoo Kim |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0971-7218 • E-ISSN: 0973-0796 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0971721817744438 |
| OpenAlex | W2783151187 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 32 |
Mertonian norms of science have long been subject to various criticisms, one of which concerns a ‘story book image’ of science that those norms portray for science to justify the independence of science from social control. Despite much criticism of Merton’s work on the normative structure of science, little research has been undertaken on the degree to which practicing scientists indeed hold onto such norms. This study presents an empirical analysis of Mertonian norms using the survey of 633 Korean scientists. The Korean scientific community offers a strategic research site. With predominantly US-educated researchers, it contains a sizeable membership of academic scientists who have become sensitised to ethical and normative problems due to Dr Hwang’s notorious research fraud scandal. Our empirical analysis analyses scientists’ endorsement of Mertonian norms based on a framework incorporating demographic factors and the socialisation into science. Among the four Mertonian norms, we find communalism to be strongly influenced by professional conditions such as size of research funding, professional network and involvement of non-academic affairs. This finding confirms the growing concerns with the norm of communal ownership of scientific output in the face of increasing academic commercialisation
Communalism · Criticism · Empirical research · Epistemology · Ethos · Normative · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Academic integrity and plagiarism · Ethics in Business and Education · Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |