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Science, narcissism and the quest for visibility
Author(s) -
Lemaitre Bruno
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the febs journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.981
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1742-4658
pISSN - 1742-464X
DOI - 10.1111/febs.14032
Subject(s) - narcissism , sadness , visibility , personality , psychology , social psychology , power (physics) , geography , meteorology , physics , anger , quantum mechanics
How narcissism, a personality associated with a ‘need for power’, influences scientific behaviour is analysed. The caption shows the sadness of a scientist (in a submissive posture) whose work has been scooped. The community maintains this scientist at a low status, by preventing him from being galvanised by the social attention of others.