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Does the way we do science foster discovery?

Nithin Sivadas
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Freedom to explore the unknown is key to scientific discovery. Maximizing modern individualistic measures of scientific productivity like citations and number of publications may impede the progress of science as a whole.

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Nithin Sivadas. 2023-01-18. Does the way we do science foster discovery?. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20230000546

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