25.11.2025
For Researchers in the Humanities, Is Open Really Fair?
« The open research movement is suffused with good faith in science and society. This good faith arises, in part, from (self-)regulated scientific practices that abide by Robert K. Merton’s norms: universalism, communalism, disinterestedness, and organized skepticism (1942). That scientists strive for truth and knowledge, not ego, rank, or profit is a noble ideal. Openness is celebrated because knowledge is perceived as a public good.(…) »
source > katinamagazine.org, Lai Ma, Claire Davin, 10.1146/katina-111825-1, 18 novembre 2025