Science community

In English, the phrase scientific community (scientific community) came into use in the XVIII century ^[1] and gained modern meaning at the beginning of the XIX century ^[2] .

In a narrow sense, the scientific community is limited only to scientists . In a broader sense, in addition to scientists, the scientific community also includes specialists of a technical level - engineers, technicians, laboratory assistants, and others.

You can talk about the scientific community as a whole, and about sectoral, multisectoral or intersectoral scientific communities formed by researchers working in the relevant branches of science. The concept of the scientific community refers to the exchange of information between researchers, which is necessary for the scientific method to work. It does not have a rigid organization and should not be confused with scientific organizations , which usually have legal registration and financial support. In this regard, the establishment of the characteristic features and boundaries of a particular scientific community, as well as the criteria for belonging of a person to it, is subjective.

At the same time, scientific institutions , like any social group , are characterized by social institutions - a system of scientific views , scientific schools , a hierarchy of relationships among community members , scientific societies , scientific ethics , a system of means for exchanging scientific information - and other characteristics, including professional humor , a special language ( terminology ), mythology.

• Scientific society

• Publications of the Scientific Community newspaper