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Research specialties as emergent phenomena: Connecting emergence theory and scientometrics

Templeton, T. Clay; Fleischmann, Kenneth R.

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/42107

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Title
Research specialties as emergent phenomena: Connecting emergence theory and scientometrics
Author(s)
  • Templeton, T. Clay
  • Fleischmann, Kenneth R.
Issue Date
2013-02
Keyword(s)
  • Emergence theory
  • emergent phenomena
  • bibliometrics
  • informetrics
  • scientometrics
  • bibliometrics and scholarly communication
  • citation analysis
  • cyberinfrastructure
Abstract
This short paper represents an initial effort to connect the emergence theory literature with the bibliometric, informetric, and scientometic literatures. It begins with a prominent definition of emergence, and then connects each of the components of this definition with the relevant insights about the development of new scientific and technical concepts or research specialties. Finally, it concludes with a discussion of the relationship between these two distinct areas of scholarly inquiry and the need for further exploration of this intersection.
Publisher
iSchools
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42107
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9776/13403
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) via
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Copyright © 2013 is held by the authors. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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