Who makes scientific progress possible?
Follow the shared data, instruments, teams and institutions behind a result—and the ways their work is recognised.
Choose an idea to see what it connects to. Each link says how the two are related; the reading takes you further.
Who makes scientific progress possible?
Follow the shared data, instruments, teams and institutions behind a result—and the ways their work is recognised.
Who builds the shared resources?
Begin with Helen Berman and the article's discussion of shared structural data. Which contributions become visible in the final account of a discovery?
Connected ideas
← asks about shared knowledgeWho makes scientific progress possible?→raises questions about creditWhat do awards recognise—and leave outside?→← can build and maintain shared resourcesHow does a research effort take shape?→Read into this question
Whose work makes an observation possible?
Read a result through the instrument that enabled it. What would a fuller account include about the people who develop, maintain and improve that instrument?
Connected ideas
← asks about instrumentsWho makes scientific progress possible?→adds another kind of contributionWhat do awards recognise—and leave outside?→Read into this question
How does a research effort take shape?
Use a laboratory team's work as a concrete case. Ask how expertise, infrastructure and a local problem come together around a research project.
Connected ideas
← asks about working togetherWho makes scientific progress possible?→can build and maintain shared resourcesWho builds the shared resources?→← shapes how a research story is toldWhat do awards recognise—and leave outside?→Read into this question
What do awards recognise—and leave outside?
Compare the achievement being honoured with the wider work that made it possible. The article provides a perspective to examine, not a complete account of every contribution.