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Extending the Mertonian Norms: Scientists' Subscription to Norms of Research
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 81, Number 3, May/June 2010
- pp. 366-393
- 10.1353/jhe.0.0095
- Article
- Additional Information
This analysis, based on focus groups and a national survey, assesses scientists' subscription to the Mertonian norms of science and associated counternorms. It also supports extension of these norms to governance (as opposed to administration), as a norm of decision-making, and quality (as opposed to quantity), as a evaluative norm.