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Herding, social influences and behavioural bias in scientific research
Author(s) -
Baddeley Michelle
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201540637
Subject(s) - herding , objectivity (philosophy) , psychology , phenomenon , sociology , epistemology , positive economics , computer science , cognitive psychology , data science , economics , history , philosophy , archaeology
Scientists, like anyone, are subject to unconscious biases, trends and social pressures that can distort or even block the path to knowledge. Awareness of these biases and the danger of following the herd can help scientists, reviewers and editors to objectively judge new knowledge.