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Networks Of Scientific Papers
Research fronts distinguish science from scholarship
The balance of references and citations in a single. year indicates one very important attribute of the network . Although most papers produced in the year contain a near- average number of bibliographic references, half of these are references to about half of all the papers…
Research Fronts 2014 : 100 Top Ranked Specialties In The Sciences And Social
What a research front consists of
To summarize, a research front consists of a group of highly cited papers that have been co-cited above a set threshold of similarity strength and their associated citing papers. In fact, the research front should be understood as both the co-cited core papers, representing a…
Fractional co-citation clustering
Garfield and Small both continued their research and experiments in science mapping over the decade and thereafter. In two papers published in 1985, Small introduced an important modification to his method for defining research fronts: fractional co-citation clustering. By…
The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Needham: why China never saw nature as mechanism
It is doubtful whether Western science and technology would have been possible unless we had tried to understand nature in terms of mechanical models. According to Joseph Needham, the Chinese—despite all their sophisitication—made little progress in science because it never…