martes, 6 de diciembre de 2011

Una consecuencia negativa del efecto Mateo (TBaiget 11 nov.)

La mayor visibilidad de lo que ya es más visible (efecto Mateo, a quien más tiene más se le da, o ley de la ventaja acumulativa) puede ocultar elementos interesantes. Esta es la conclusión de este artículo:

The Matthew effect in environmental science publication: A bibliometric analysis of chemical substances in journal articles
Philippe Grandjean; Mette Eriksen; Ole Ellegaard; Johan Wallin
Environmental Health 2011, 10:96

Conclusions: The persistence of some environmental chemicals in the scientific literature may be due to a 'Matthew'principle of maintaining prominence for the very reason of having been well researched. Such bias detracts from the societal needs for documentation on less well known environmental hazards, and it may also impact negatively on the potentials for innovation and discovery in research.

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