Analyzing Discovery
Monday, July 4, 2011 - 07:10
in Earth & Climate
Studying science quantitavely has often taken the form of studying publications, such as citation counts, or identifying author networks. But now, Samuel Arbesman and Nicholas Christakis (2011) argue that there are two fairly recent developments that would enable a new approach to the study of scientific discoveries:1) Vast computational resources and storage capacity, and2) Automated science.This new appraoch would offer potential for a new field that concerns itself with the study of scientific discoveries. In the words of the authors:read more