Article ID: CBB623965126

Science Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry? Apologies for Scientific Misconduct (October 2019)

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Retractions of journal articles exclude fraudulent or erroneous research from legitimate science and perform boundary work. Analyzing retractions from different disciplines and focusing on their apologetic aspects, we find that these apologies shift between openly addressing emotional, normative, and social themes and concealing them in a more scientific style of communication. Their boundary work remains highly ambivalent: They alternate between scientific and nonscientific forms of speaking, portray unstable patterns of control and coercion, and avoid drawing a boundary between legitimate and nonlegitimate science. In line with the hypothetical nature of scientific knowledge, retractions thus leave boundary making to the future.

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Authors & Contributors
Mills, David
Kirsten Bell
Patricia Kingori
Biagioli, Mario
Birch, Kean
Hackett, Edward J.
Journals
Science, Technology, and Human Values
Social Studies of Science
Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
History of Science
Engineering Studies
Concepts
Science and technology studies (STS)
Scholarly publishing
Scientific misconduct; fraud in science
Peer review
Gender
Research
People
Hwang Woo-suk
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
Places
India
Korea
China
Finland
Argentina
Institutions
Committee on Publication Ethics
Biomed Central
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