Nicole is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is a science and technology studies scholar who studies research cultures in the biomedical sciences, with an emphasis on method and infrastructure reform. She is a former Editor of the journal Social Studies of Science and currently serves as Chair of the Publications Committee for the Society for the Social Studies of Science.
Culture of Trial and ErrorBy Candida F. Sánchez Burmester, Maha M. Said, Martin Bush, Cyrus C. M. Mody & Nicole C. Nelson
In this piece, we call for more comparative research on field-specific replication dynamics.
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This short essay argues for an expanded conception of publication bias. In addition to considering the selective publication of results, I argue that we need to also consider the selective publication of epistemic by-products—observations and knowledge that scientists accumulate incidentally in the…
