Die Förderung wissenschaftlicher Innovation an Schweizer Universitäten

Braun, Dietmar

doi:10.1007/978-3-531-94274-2_4

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“…The second position holds that scientific growth unfolds as a process of specialization or differentiation (Luhmann, ; Stichweh, ), similar to how physical chemistry gradually developed as a new branch of chemistry (Servos, ), or materials science emerged as a new discipline (Bensaude‐Vincent, ). New specialties arise when breakthroughs attract a substantial number of peer scientists to work on related questions and problems (Felt & Nowotny, ; Jansen, ; Braun, ). New disciplines also arise when powerful societal actors support particular types of expertise.…”

Section: Two Conventional Models Of Scientific Progress and Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

New patterns of scientific growth: How research expanded after the invention of scanning tunneling microscopy and the discovery of Buckminsterfullerenes

Heinze

Heidler

Heiberger

et al. 2013

J Am Soc Inf Sci Tec

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This article describes patterns of scientific growth that emerge in response to major research accomplishments in instrumentation and the discovery of new matter. Using two Nobel Prize‐winning contributions, the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and the discovery of Buckminsterfullerenes (BUF), we examine the growth of follow‐up research via citation networks at the author and subdiscipline level. A longitudinal network analysis suggests that structure, cohesiveness, and interdisciplinarity vary considerably with the type of breakthrough and over time. Scientific progress appears to be multifaceted, including not only theoretical advances but also the discovery of new instrumentation and new matter. In addition, we argue that scientific growth does not necessarily lead to the formation of new specialties or new subdisciplines. Rather, we observe the emergence of a research community formed at the intersection of subdisciplinary boundaries.

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Section: Two Conventional Models Of Scientific Progress and Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%