David Pontille is a senior researcher at the Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation in Paris (CNRS UMR 9217). His interests focus on writing practices, the technologies of research evaluation, and the maintenance of infrastructures dedicated to urban mobility.|Didier Torny is a senior researcher at the Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation in Paris (CNRS UMR 9217). He currently develops a political economy of academic publication, while continuing his research on controversies affecting preventive health policies.