Scientific normative dissonance
A large-scale survey of researchers’ subscription to scientific norms and counternorms across academic fields
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7177016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lina Koppel (0000-0002-6302-0047, Linköping University, corresponding author), Amanda M Lindkvist (0000-0002-3984-5081, Linköping University), Gustav Tinghög (0000-0002-8159-1249, Linköping University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 237 |
| Pages | 107140-107140 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-2681 • E-ISSN: 1879-1751 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jebo.2025.107140 |
| OpenAlex | W4412658999 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
We investigate the extent to which researchers hold morally competing ideals related to scientific norms, which we refer to as scientific normative dissonance. Researchers (n = 11,050) indicated their agreement with four general scientific norms (communality, universalism, disinterestedness, and organized skepticism) and counternorms (individualism, particularism, self-interestedness, and organized dogmatism). Results indicate systematic differences in the relative norm–counternorm subscription (i.e., scientific normative dissonance) across academic fields, academic seniority, and genders. Specifically, normative dissonance was higher among researchers in the medical and health sciences (vs. researchers in social sciences, humanities, or natural sciences), more senior researchers, and male researchers. Our findings have implications for fostering ethical research environments and aligning research practices and incentive structures with scientific ideals
Cartography · Cognitive dissonance · Epistemology · Geography · Normative · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Academic integrity and plagiarism · Academic Publishing and Open Access · Philosophy · Psychology · scientometrics and bibliometrics research · Social Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |