#mattheweffect — Public Fediverse posts

@BOOKidealist Well, what do you know? Having just used the #MatthewEffect in a commentary, it seems to have a moment in the sun: https://qnfo.org/releases/2025/Two-Faced+Scientific+Methodology

when quality is tough to measure objectively, reputation often takes its place and the #Mattheweffect takes over. Well-known names get the recognition, even if their work isn’t actually superior. 🤷‍♀️📚

#academia
#science
#education

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01952-w

Do researchers from prestigious universities have an unfair advantage in securing research funding? 📊 A new study on China's #NSFC grants confirms the #MatthewEffect — the rich get richer in academia:

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-025-05278-2

Should funding be prestige-blind? 🤔 I'd advocate for anonymized applications to prevent institutional bias.

#ScienceFunding #AcademicInequality #Scientometrics #UniversityPrestige

@Aedius +1 sometimes called #ModelCollapse https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.17493 or #ModelAutophagyDisorder or #MatthewEffect
@HeavenlyPossum

New study: "While #LLMs can aid in citation generation, they may also amplify existing biases, such as the #MatthewEffect, and introduce new ones, potentially skewing scientific knowledge dissemination."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15739

#AI #Citations, #CitationBias

Q: Is the pay-to-publish model for #OpenAccess pricing #scientists out?

A:Yes
it’s further entrenching inequality by blocking smaller and younger researchers from being able to publish in glamorous journals, reducing grant success creating a #MatthewEffect

https://www.science.org/content/article/pay-publish-model-open-access-pricing-scientists

Are grant proposal texts important for making research funding decisions? – No, they are not! 🙃

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-024-04968-7

In an experiment conducted by the Dutch Research Council 🇳🇱, it was found that the evaluations of grant applications did not change significantly if the experts only had access to the project summary and the applicants' CVs!

#Scientometrics #PeerReview #ResearchFunding #GrantProposal #SciencePolicy #MatthewEffect

I have to admit that I did not read the specifics about the then announced #mastosearch. Now that the #search feature is here, I am deeply disappointed, because of the fact that it's a local search feature. In fact, I think this could be even harmful for the development of a federated social network. The big instances will have one, and this could drive users to go there. #MatthewEffect, here we come.

I want opt-in #federatedSearch, I want to be able to look beyond my bubble.

Dunbar's Number
@sabret00the

Toot, retoot, repeat! #Arsenal #godwinslaw #betteridgeslaw #parkinsonslaw #poeslaw #okrentslaw #cunninghamslaw #mattheweffect
Thirsty Ant