Is sustainable development of scientific systems possible in the neo-liberal agenda?
This paper discusses the evolution of large scientific systems in general and the system of formal scientific communications in particular in the context of their gradual transition to private hands. This in turn results in increased ‘phony’ research fronts, fueled by the interests of big business,...
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| Series: | Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics |
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| author | VM Moskovkin OV Serkina |
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| description | This paper discusses the evolution of large scientific systems in general and the system of formal scientific communications in particular in the context of their gradual transition to private hands. This in turn results in increased ‘phony’ research fronts, fueled by the interests of big business, pools of inaccessible hi-impact Anglo-American journals whose authors cite each other (author’s citation cartels), and non-transparent global university rankings, which can be manipulated. Furthermore, the authors argue that the functioning of national scientific systems by means of having them linked to the global system of formal scientific communications and rankings is organized as an unrestrained race for publications, citations, impact factors, and rankings in which strong systems only get stronger and the weak ones get weaker. Such a race therefore cannot lead to sustainable development of the scientific system. The authors also look at the feudalism of knowledge and identify 3 steps to oppose this process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee8bcc5e5f214931917826ab5f57361e2022-12-22T04:10:01ZengInter-ResearchEthics in Science and Environmental Politics1863-54151611-80142016-02-011611910.3354/esep00165Is sustainable development of scientific systems possible in the neo-liberal agenda?VM Moskovkin0OV Serkina1Belgorod State University, 85 Pobedy St., Belgorod 308015, RussiaBelgorod State University, 85 Pobedy St., Belgorod 308015, RussiaThis paper discusses the evolution of large scientific systems in general and the system of formal scientific communications in particular in the context of their gradual transition to private hands. This in turn results in increased ‘phony’ research fronts, fueled by the interests of big business, pools of inaccessible hi-impact Anglo-American journals whose authors cite each other (author’s citation cartels), and non-transparent global university rankings, which can be manipulated. Furthermore, the authors argue that the functioning of national scientific systems by means of having them linked to the global system of formal scientific communications and rankings is organized as an unrestrained race for publications, citations, impact factors, and rankings in which strong systems only get stronger and the weak ones get weaker. Such a race therefore cannot lead to sustainable development of the scientific system. The authors also look at the feudalism of knowledge and identify 3 steps to oppose this process.https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esep/v16/n1/p1-9/ |
| spellingShingle | VM Moskovkin OV Serkina Is sustainable development of scientific systems possible in the neo-liberal agenda? Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics |
| title | Is sustainable development of scientific systems possible in the neo-liberal agenda? |
| title_full | Is sustainable development of scientific systems possible in the neo-liberal agenda? |
| title_fullStr | Is sustainable development of scientific systems possible in the neo-liberal agenda? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is sustainable development of scientific systems possible in the neo-liberal agenda? |
| title_short | Is sustainable development of scientific systems possible in the neo-liberal agenda? |
| title_sort | is sustainable development of scientific systems possible in the neo liberal agenda |
| url | https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esep/v16/n1/p1-9/ |
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