Science of Science

JW Jevin West

Jevin West | jevinw@uw.edu | jevinwest.org

Interchangeable components

Simple interactions

Regular or well-mixed structures

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Systems View

differentiated

multipartite

integrated

dynamic

How do we map the evolution of scientific disciplines?

1995 2004

Rosvall & Bergstrom (2010) PLoS One

Vilhena,Daril A.,etal."Findingculturalholes:howstructureandculturedivergeinnetworksofscholarlycommunication."SociologicalScience 1(2014):221-238.

http://eigenfactor.org/projects/posts/citescore.php

Molecular & Cell Biology

Medicine

Physics

Ecology & Evolution

Economics

Geosciences

Psychology

Chemistry

Psychiatry

Environmental Chemistry & Microbiology

Mathematics

Computer Science

Analytic ChemistryBusiness & Marketing

Political Science

Fluid Mechanics

Medical Imaging

Material Engineering

Sociology

Probability & Statistics

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Gastroenterology

Law

Chemical Engineering

Education

Telecommunication

Control Theory

Operations Research

Ophthalmology

Crop Science

Geography

Anthropology

Computer Imaging

Agriculture

Parasitology

Dentistry

Dermatology

Urology

Rheumatology

Applied Acoustics

Pharmacology

Pathology

Otolaryngology

Electromagnetic Engineering

Circuits

Power Systems

Tribology

Neuroscience

Orthopedics Veterinary

Environmental Health

A

Citation flow from B to ACitation flow within field

Citation flow from A to BCitation flow out of field

B

Vilhena,Daril A.,etal."Findingculturalholes:howstructureandculturedivergeinnetworksofscholarlycommunication."SociologicalScience 1(2014):221-238.

West,JevinD.,etal."Theroleofgenderinscholarlyauthorship."PloS one 8.7(2013):e66212.

Hiniker etal.(2016)TowardtheOperationalizationofVisualMetaphor.[inreview]

Portenoy,Jason,JessicaHullman,andJevinD.West."LeveragingCitationNetworkstoVisualizeScholarlyInfluenceOverTime."arXiv preprintarXiv:1611.07135 (2016).

Comparing Authors

Carl Bergstrom, Department of Biology, University of Washington

Acknowledgements

Jason Portenoy, Information School, University of Washington

Cecilia Aragon, HCDE, University of Washington

Martin Rosvall, Department of Physics, Umea University