Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-08T14:03:00 RDF description of The perverse effects of competition on scientists' work and relationships Sci Eng Ethics - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn37994 public <p>Competition among scientists for funding, positions and prestige, among other things, is often seen as a salutary driving force in U.S. science. Its effects on scientists, their work and their relationships are seldom considered. Focus-group discussions with 51 mid- and early-career scientists, on which this study is based, reveal a dark side of competition in science. According to these scientists, competition contributes to strategic game-playing in science, a decline in free and open sharing of information and methods, sabotage of others' ability to use one's work, interference with peer-review processes, deformation of relationships, and careless or questionable research conduct. When competition is pervasive, such effects may jeopardize the progress, efficiency and integrity of science.<p> Research Support 23386 Ethics document-rn37994 4 13 Behavior 40412 The perverse effects of competition on scientists' work and relationships Sci Eng Ethics 2024-10-31T23:13:42.423-05:00