The future(s) of open science

2018/04/01 by Philip Mirowski · 1 voice · 8 citations
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #Research Data Management Practices #Scientific Computing and Data Management #scientometrics and bibliometrics research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1177/0306312718772086

openalex publication_date 2018/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

Almost everyone is enthusiastic that 'open science' is the wave of the future. Yet when one looks seriously at the flaws in modern science that the movement proposes to remedy, the prospect for improvement in at least four areas are unimpressive. This suggests that the agenda is effectively to re-engineer science along the lines of platform capitalism, under the misleading banner of opening up science to the masses.

Citations

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• Why should we promote public engagement with science?
• The politics of ‘platforms’

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Discussions

• wow, so Mirowski is real! I remember reading doi.org/10.1177/0306... and the style of the text was so uncanny that I was not sure whether it is some kind of satire (like Arina K. Bones or Sokal hoax). [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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