The analysis of the success in science has been a
subject of interest and study for a long time.
“Success breeds success” or the so called Mattheu
effect, as it was named by Merton (1973), was used
to explain the cumulative effects observed in the
sociology of science, analysing nobel prize winners.
But what are the determinants of scientific success?
What makes a tiny proportion of scholars
successful? Why a few scholars rise far above the
rest, or using the terms of de Solla Price (1963, p.
59), why there are a “few giants and a mass of
pygmies” and “neither man nor nature pushes us
toward egalitarian uniformity
Dettaglio pubblicazione
2021, 18th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2021, Pages 1461-1462
Understanding scientific success: A macintyrean virtue ethics approach (04b Atto di convegno in volume)
Daraio C.
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