Reliability of testimonial norms in scientific communities

Issues and Challenges to Socialization of Academic Norms in Scientific Communities in Iran

Local Communities Participation in Wetland Ecotourism Development (Case study: International Kani Barazan Wetland of Mahabad)

Wetland ecotourism is one of the main branches of the tourism industry that can play an important role in revitalizing villages, creating jobs and increasing income for villagers, protecting natural, historical and cultural heritage. Accordingly, the present study was conducted from 2018 to 2019 to identify the components affecting the local communities’ participation to develop the ecotourism ...

Testimonial Knowledge and Trust in Virtual Communities: A Research in Progress of the Case of Wikipedia

Explaining the relation between scientific sociability and formation of university student identity

The purpose of this study was to explain the relation between scientific sociability and formation of university student' identity. This research was a social survey. Questionnaire combined with interviews, and documentary method were used to collect research data. The statistical population included all graduate students of public universities in Isfahan province in 1396. A total of 320 indivi...

Epistemic Norms in a Nutshell

When modeling agents involved in scientific activities, one of the major issues is how to let them evaluate the reliability of evidence and the trustability of sources. In the real world of science, input judgment is a common, potentially complex task, of considerable interest for scientific practice and meta-scientific studies. It turns out that epistemic norms here constitute an important too...