Zum Konzept der „scientific persona“ vgl. <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/38JIWKHQ">Daston/Sibum 2003</bibl>, 2: „a cultural identity that simultaneously shapes the individual in body and mind and creates a collective with a shared and recognizable physiognomy.“