Prisoner's science.

mBio

Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology and Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Published: January 2024

Decisions involving cooperation or competition are common in science. Here, we consider three situations frequently encountered in the biomedical sciences, namely, establishing priority, sharing reagents, and selecting a journal for publication, through the lens of the prisoner's dilemma. In each situation, cooperation is the best strategy for scientists and for science.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10790763PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02633-23DOI Listing

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