Scientometrics

DMT2: Mapping S&T through Structured Data // 06.03.14 @ ENSCI

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[img: Benjamin Raimbault, Pierre-Benoît Joly & Jean-Philippe Cointet, Synthetic Biology Emergence, 2013］ Scientometrics has pioneered the use of structured data to analyse the social and cognitive dynamics of science and technology. This has enabled the development of tools and methodological insights that are relevant for researchers using DMTs to study other social phenomena. The session will discuss the process of mapping scientific or technological data and show how the choice of thresholds, algorithms, layouts and scale affects interpretation. It will also address the politics of indicator design. Jean-Philippe Cointet, researcher at INRA SenS (Sciences en Société), will present recent work on […]

Scientometrics & Aliens // Editorial

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[img: n.a. Screen Shot, Scientometrics, 2014］ I have to believe that if the little green alien people came from a distant planet and communicated with us all else about them might be alien but they would know in some fashion or other such things as Planck’s Constant, the velocity of light and the Wave Equation. I believe they might also find reasonable points of correspondence with our scientometrics even if their social arrangements were utterly different from our own. De Solla Price, D.J., (1978), Editorial Statements. Scientometrics, 1(1), 7-8. doi:10.1007/BF02016836 (download)