Heesen, Remco and Romeijn, Jan-Willem (2019) Epistemic Diversity and Editor Decisions: A Statistical Matthew Effect. Philosophers' Imprint, 19 (39). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1533-628X
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This paper offers a new angle on the common idea that the process of science does not support epistemic diversity. Under minimal assumptions on the nature of journal editing, we prove that editorial procedures, even when impartial in themselves, disadvantage less prominent research programs. This purely statistical bias in article selection further skews existing differences in the success rate and hence attractiveness of research programs, and exacerbates the reputation difference between the programs. After a discussion of the modeling assumptions, the paper ends with a number of recommendations that may help promote scientific diversity through editorial decision making.
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| Keywords: | Philosophy of science; Social structure of science; Cognitive division of labor; Matthew effect; Social epistemology; Formal epistemology | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Decision Theory Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics General Issues > Science and Policy General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science General Issues > Theory Change |
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| Depositing User: | Remco Heesen | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2019 15:10 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 14:12 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 16425 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophers' Imprint | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Michigan Publishing | |||||||||
| Official URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3521354.0019.039 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Decision Theory Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics General Issues > Science and Policy General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science General Issues > Theory Change |
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| Date: | September 2019 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-20 | |||||||||
| Volume: | 19 | |||||||||
| Number: | 39 | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1533-628X | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16425 |
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