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Project

Scientific communciation and the structural evolution of scientific disciplines
Code
05Y00508
Duration
01 March 2008 → 31 October 2013
Funding
Ghent University funding
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • General psychology
    • Applied sociology
Keywords
theoretical and historical sociology scientific disciplines scientific communication
 
Project description
 

The modern system of science consists of several disciplines. The patterns of communication of a discipline are made possible by scientific periodicals. Publications can connect with each other communications can refer to each other (citations). By means of a comparison of the communication networks of two disciplines, one from the social sciences and one from the human sciences, this project aims to analyse the structural evolution of modern science.