Cudos

Cudos is an acronym used to denote principles that should guide good scientific research. According to the Cudos principles, the scientific ethos should be governed by Communalism, Universalism, Disinterested humility, Originality, Scepticism (CUDOS). The term Cudos was introduced in 1942 by Robert K. Merton. An alternative term for Cudos is the Mertonian norms. The term Cudos is gaining in acceptance in the scientific community as a way of summarizing principles for good science. The guiding principles in Cudos are:Communalism entails that scientific results are the common property of the entire scientific community. Universalism means that all scientists can contribute to science regardless of race, nationality, culture, or gender.Disinterestedness according to which scientists should not present their results entangled with their personal beliefs or activism for a cause. Scientists should have an arms length attitude towards their findings.Originality The claims by researchers must be novel and add something to our knowledge and understanding.Scepticism Scientific skepticism means that scientific claims must be exposed to critical scrutiny before being accepted.
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For the scientific principle of Communalism, Universalism, Disinterested humility, Originality, Scepticism, see Cudos. The Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems is an Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence CUDOS is a research consortium between 6 groups at 5 Australian Universities: The University of Sydney, Australian National University, Macquarie University, Swinburne University of Technology and University of Technology Sydney The Research Director is Professor Ben Eggleton and the Deputy Director is Professor Yuri Kivshar.
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