Scientific communication: Its role in the conduct of research and creation of knowledge

Reviews certain aspects of the communication crisis in science. Empirical findings relative to the nature of a scientific discipline's role in evaluating, processing, and compacting scientific information for researchers, scholars, and students are presented. An overview of data is provided, co...

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Published in:The American psychologist 1971-04, Vol.26 (4), p.349-362
Main Authors: Garvey, William D, Griffith, Belver C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Experimentation
Human
Sciences
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Summary:Reviews certain aspects of the communication crisis in science. Empirical findings relative to the nature of a scientific discipline's role in evaluating, processing, and compacting scientific information for researchers, scholars, and students are presented. An overview of data is provided, collected by the american psychological association project on scientific information exchange in psychology, together with more recent information relative to other disciplines. The roles of formal vs. Informal channels for communicating scientific information are compared.
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/h0032059