Weingart, Peter (Author)
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Volume: 50, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 255-259
Edition Details: Introduction to a special issue, “Minerva - 50 Years Reflecting on Science in Society.”
Language: English
As of the fall of 2012, Minerva, probably the rst scholarly journal devoted to the intellectual and systematic re ection on science and higher education policies, celebrates its 50th anniversary. Celebrating birthdays of institutions---a 50th, in particular, which marks a point in any biography of not being old yet nor being young anymore either---challenges imagination and self-conception. Those responsible for giving birth are long gone, those responsible for nurturing along the way had and have different interests, different styles, and thus different legacies. Biographies of institutions are shaped not just by one but by several foster parents. Thus, when planning this anniversary issue we, the editor and the managing editor, tried to devise a different format, one that would avoid well-established patterns. The idea was not only to unfold a retrospective view on how the eld and the journal developed in the past, but also to reconstruct important past debates, trace their descent and judge their impact on current research in the eld. Which topics (i.e. which articles by which authors) have received most attention (measured in citations) and how have the respective debates evolved over time, where do they stand now? By implication this would shed light on the role played by Minerva in these debates. The rst step was to identify the most highly cited papers in Minerva. Obviously it is completely arbitrary where to set the threshold. For our purposes we chose 30 citations and ended up with the following list (cf. Table 1)
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Article Elzinga, Aant (2012) The Rise and Demise of the International Council for Science Policy Studies (ICSPS) as a Cold War Bridging Organization. Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (pp. 277-305).
Article Aronova, Elena (2012) The Congress for Cultural Freedom, Minerva, and the Quest for Instituting “Science Studies” in the Age of Cold War. Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (pp. 307-337).
Article Guston, David H. (2012) The Pumpkin or the Tiger? Michael Polanyi, Frederick Soddy, and Anticipating Emerging Technologies. Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (pp. 339-361).
Article Taubert, Niels C. (2012) Minerva and the Development of Science (Policy) Studies. Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (pp. 261-275).
Article Pielke, Roger, Jr. (2012) Basic Research as a Political Symbol. Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (pp. 339-361).
Article Hellström, Tomas; Jacob, Merle (2012) Revisiting “Weinberg's Choice”: Classic Tensions in the Concept of Scientific Merit. Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (pp. 381-396).
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