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prioritydispute1 CONSTRUCTPriority disputeMERTON · SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE

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Sociology of science

conflicts over who discovered something first, rooted in a reward system in science that credits originality.

In sociology of science, priority dispute refers to conflicts over who discovered something first, rooted in a reward system in science that credits originality. This meaning comes from Merton (1957) in American Sociological Review.[1]

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  1. Merton, R. K. (1957). Priorities in Scientific Discovery: A Chapter in the Sociology of Science. American Sociological Review, 22(6), 635. https://doi.org/10.2307/2089193

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