Reputation Without Practice? A Dynamic Computational Model of the Unintended Consequences of Open Scientist Reputations
Maximilian Linde,
Merle-Marie Pittelkow,
Nina Schwarzback
et al.
Abstract:Practicing open science can have benefits for the career prospects of individual researchers or labs through higher quality work and increased chances of publication. However, being an outspoken advocate of open science might also indirectly benefit individual scientific careers, in the form of status in a scientific community, decisions for tenure, and eligibility for certain kinds of funding. Therefore, it may be profitable for individual labs to appear to engage in open science practices, without actually p… Show more
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