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Soc Stud Sci
; 51(2): 298-309, 2021 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32847474
ABSTRACT
What is a scientific article? This paper proposes that the scientific article can be understood the main unit in a piece-rate system that solves research patrons' problems of fairly evaluating and paying scientists. It is a solution for the evaluation of science given information asymmetries between lay people and scientists. To elucidate a definition in keeping with the principal-agent approach, this paper extends both former explanations of the research article and proposals of publications as attestations to science patrons.