We argue that inductive analysis (based on formal learning theory and the use of suitable machine learning reconstructions) and operational (citation metrics-based) assessment of the scientific process can be justifiably and fruitfully brought together, whereby the citation metrics used in the operational analysis can effectively track the inductive dynamics and measure the research efficiency. We specify the conditions for the use of such inductive streamlining, demonstrate it in the cases of high energy physics experimentation and phylogenetic research, and propose a test of the method’s applicability.
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Perović, S., & Sikimić, V. (2020). How Theories of Induction Can Streamline Measurements of Scientific Performance. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 51(2), 267–291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-019-09468-4
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