Editorials and viewpoints

These publications discuss various issues related to history of science and scientists, and science policies. Views expressed in these papers are those of the author and not necessarily the views of the university or professional organizations.

See also:

From Russia with Love: Science and Ideology Then and Now, HxSTEM;

The ‘Hurtful’ Idea of Scientific Merit, The Wall Street Journal;

Spotlight on scientific censorship: A virtual collection, HxSTEM;

Science, Interrupted. Review of The Lost Scientists of World War II by Sir David Clary, HxSTEM;

Politicizing Science Funding Undermines Public Trust in Science, Academic Freedom, and the Unbiased Generation of Knowledge, HxSTEM;

The Ruthless Politicization of Science Funding, The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Niebezpieczeństwo upolitycznienia nauki (in Polish)

Teaduse politiseerimise ohud, Anna Krolova (in Estonian)

Опасность политизации науки (in Russian)

Akademicy ideolodzy korumpują STEM. Milcząca liberalna większość musi stawić opór (in Polish)

Bons baisers de Russie : science et idéologie, hier en URSS et aujourd'hui aux États-Unis (in French): Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

Nauka i ideologia kiedyś i dziś. Od ZSRR do Zachodu (in Polish)

‘Raniąca’ idea merytorycznych podstaw nauki (in Polish)

Страховка от «вредных знаний». Как работает цензура в научных публикациях (in Russian)

312. I.R. Efimov, J.S. Flier, R.P. George, A.I. Krylov, L.S. Maroja, J. Schaletzky, J. Tanzman, and A. Thompson
Politicizing science funding undermines public trust in science, academic freedom, and the unbiased generation of knowledge
Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics  9, 1418065 (2024) Abstract  Full text 

310. C.J. Clark, M. al-Gharbi, R.F. Baumeister, A. Bleske-Rechek, D. Buss, S. Ceci, J.P. Forgas, K. Frey, D.C. Geary, G. Geher, G. Geher, L. Jussim, A.I. Krylov, C.C. Martin, G. Miller, P. Paresky, C. Salmon, S. Stewart-Williams, A.E. Wilson, W. Williams, B.M. Winegard, and W. von Hippel
Reply to Darlow and Gray: Censorship is exclusion
PNAS  121, e2404156121 (2024) Abstract  PDF 

306. A.I. Krylov and J. Tanzman
Fighting the good fight in an age of unreason—a new dissident guide
A chapter in The Free Inquiry Papers book edited by Robert Maranto, Lee Jussim, and Sally Satel, and published by AEI , in press (2024) Abstract  Preprint

303. C.J. Clark, L. Jussim, K. Frey, S.T. Stevens, M. al-Gharbi, K. Aquino, J.M. Bailey, N. Barbaro, R.F. Baumeister, A. Bleske-Rechek, D. Buss, S. Ceci, M. Del Giudice, P.H. Ditto, J.P. Forgas, D.C. Geary, G. Geher, S. Haider, N. Honeycutt, H. Joshi, A.I. Krylov, E. Loftus, G. Loury, L. Lu, M. Macy, C.C. Martin, J. McWhorter, G. Miller, P. Paresky, S. Pinker, W. Reily, C. Salmon, S. Stewart-Williams, P.E. Tetlock, W. Williams, A.E. Wilson, B.M. Winegard, G. Yancey, and W. von Hippel
Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda
PNAS  120, e2301642120 (2023) Abstract  PDF 

298. D. Abbot, A. Bikfalvi, A.L. Bleske-Rechek, W. Bodmer, P. Boghossian, C.M. Carvalho, J. Ciccolini, J.A. Coyne, J. Gauss, P.M.W. Gill, S. Jitomirskaya, L. Jussim, A.I. Krylov, G.C. Loury, P. Nayna Schwerdtle, L. Maroja, J.H. McWhorter, S. Moosavi, J. Pearl, M.A. Quintanilla-Tornel, H.F. Schaefer III, P.R. Schreiner, P. Schwerdtfeger, D. Shechtman, M. Schifman, J. Tanzman, B.L. Trout, A. Warshel, and J.D. West
In defense of merit in science
Journal of Controversial Ideas  3, 1 – 26 (2023) Abstract  Full text  Supporting info

296. T.D. Crawford, A.I. Krylov, T. Van Voorhis, and H.F. Schaefer
MQM 2022: The 10th triennial conference on Molecular Quantum Mechanics
J. Phys. Chem. A  127, 4897 – 4900 (2023) Abstract  PDF 

295. A.I. Krylov and J. Tanzman
Critical Social Justice subverts scientific publishing
European Review 31, 527 – 546 (2023) Abstract  Full text  Preprint

279. A.I. Krylov
Social Justice Warriors subvert scientific publishing
A chapter in "Ben ik wel woke genoeg?", edited by Martin Harlaar and published by Gompel and Svacina , 223 – 230 (2022) Abstract  PDF 

278. A.I. Krylov, J.S. Tanzman, G. Frenking, and P.M.W. Gill
Scientists must resist cancel culture
Nachrichten aus der Chemie  70, 12 – 14 (2022) Abstract  Full text 

276. A.I. Krylov, G. Frenking, and P.M.W. Gill
Royal Society of Chemistry provides guidelines for censorship to its editors
Chemistry International  44, 32 – 34 (2022) Abstract  Full text 

273. A.I. Krylov and J. Tanzman
Academic ideologues are corrupting STEM. The silent liberal majority must fight back.
Quillette , (2021) Abstract  Full text 

268. A.I. Krylov
The peril of politicizing science
J. Phys. Chem. Lett.  12, 5371 – 5376 (2021) Abstract  Full text 

225. C. Wittig, A. Sanov, S. Reid, and A. I. Krylov
Tribute to Hanna Reisler
J. Phys. Chem. A  123, 6381 – 6383 (2019) Abstract  PDF 

161. A.I. Krylov, J.M. Herbert, F. Furche, M. Head-Gordon, P.J. Knowles, R. Lindh, F.R. Manby, P. Pulay, C.-K. Skylaris, and H.-J. Werner
What is the price of open-source software?
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 2751 – 2754 (2015) Abstract  PDF 

79. A.B. McCoy, A.I. Krylov, and V. Buch
Preface to the Robert Benny Gerber Festschrift
J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 7161 – 7162 (2009) PDF