Publishing Modification Comments (Shaw-Barseghyan-Yan-2019)

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This is an answer to the question Workflow - Publishing Modification Comments that states "The discussions concerning a suggested modification are to be published once a communal verdict is available. The discussions are to be published in the journal as special commentary articles co-authored by all participants of the discussion or in special edited collections."

Publishing Modification Comments was formulated by Hakob Barseghyan, Jamie Shaw and Karen Yan in 2019.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available answer to the question.

Scientonomic History

The idea of publishing the comments was first suggested in the scientonomic context by Karen Yan, on May 23, 2020 at the first scientonomy conference.

Acceptance Record

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Scientonomy25 February 2023The idea became accepted as a result of the acceptance of the respective modification.Yes

Suggestions To Accept

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Modification Community Date Suggested Summary Date Assessed Verdict Verdict Rationale
Sciento-2019-0002 Scientonomy 22 December 2019 Accept that the discussions concerning a suggested modification are to be published once a communal verdict is available. The discussions are to be published in the journal as special commentary articles co-authored by all participants of the discussion or in special edited collections. 25 February 2023 Accepted The decision was made during the 2023 scientonomy workshop. Much of the discussions on this modification concerned the actual format of the “special commentary articles” and “special edited collections” suggested as options for publications would be. Paul Patton suggested micro-papers that could accompany each modification (one discussion paper per modification), whereas Izzy Friesen, Rebecca Muscant, and G. G. Shan were supportive of unified papers in a “compilation” format (one discussion paper per workshop). The possibility of doing both concurrently was floated by Spenser Borrie. Concerns about the commentary articles/edited collections waned once it was clarified that subheadings would be present in any compilation paper, ensuring that modifications and their authors would receive adequate attention. Establishing a clear schedule and framework for such a compilation was of great importance to all attendees at the meeting, and additionally, Hakob Barseghyan suggested a special numbering system for these publications to separate them from peer-reviewed articles. It was also agreed that the first author of such a paper would be whoever was in charge of taking notes, with all other commentators listed as co-authors. The modification was accepted almost unanimously.

Question Answered

Publishing Modification Comments (Shaw-Barseghyan-Yan-2019) is an attempt to answer the following question: Should the discussions concerning a suggested modification be published? If so, when and how should they be published?

See Workflow - Publishing Modification Comments for more details.

Description

In the scientonomic workflow, the discussions concerning suggested modifications should be published once a communal consensus is reached and the respective verdict is recorded in the encyclopedia. The discussions are to be published in the journal as special commentary articles co-authored by all participants of the discussion or in special edited collections. While it might be tempting to only publish those discussions that caused significant disagreement in the community, such an approach alternative solution may inadvertently incentivize dissent and disagreement for the sake of getting published. In contrast, by publishing all discussions, we incentivize all commenting without skewing the incentive towards disagreement.

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References

  1. ^  Shaw, Jamie and Barseghyan, Hakob. (2019) Problems and Prospects with the Scientonomic Workflow. Scientonomy 3, 1-14. Retrieved from https://scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/33509.