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Journal of Responsible Innovation Volume 7, 2020 - Issue sup2: Special Issue: Luck as a Challenge for the Responsible Governance of Science and Technology; Guest Editors: Martin Sand and Samantha Copeland
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The lottery in Babylon—On the role of chance in scientific success

Martin ReinhartRobert K. Merton Center for Science Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Cornelia SchendzielorzRobert K. Merton Center for Science Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Pages S25-S29 | Received 29 Feb 2020, Accepted 15 Jul 2020, Published online: 27 Sep 2020
 
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Acknowledgement

We acknowledge support by the Open Access Publication Fund of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

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3 See DZHW Scientist Survey: https://www.wb.dzhw.eu/en/index_html

4 Their PR efforts also extend to twitter with #PeerReviewLottery

5 Or, really finally, we may throw that book in the fire, as Homer Simpson does with Shirley Jackson's ‘The Lottery’, an echo to Borges' story, in the episode ‘Dog of Death’ from The Simpsons.

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