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Quantifying the diaspora of knowledge in the last century

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    Identifier: imarina:6389304
    Authors:
    De Domenico MOmodei EArenas A
    Abstract:
    © 2016, The Author(s). Academic research is driven by several factors causing different disciplines to act as “sources” or “sinks” of knowledge. However, how the flow of authors’ research interests – a proxy of human knowledge – evolved across time is still poorly understood. Here, we build a comprehensive map of such flows across one century, revealing fundamental periods in the raise of interest in areas of human knowledge. We identify and quantify the most attractive topics over time, when a relatively significant number of researchers moved from their original area to another one, causing what we call a “diaspora of the knowledge” towards sinks of scientific interest, and we relate these points to crucial historical and political events. Noticeably, only a few areas – like Medicine, Physics or Chemistry – mainly act as sources of the diaspora, whereas areas like Material Science, Chemical Engineering, Neuroscience, Immunology and Microbiology or Environmental Science behave like sinks.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: De Domenico M; Omodei E; Arenas A
    Department: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques
    URV's Author/s: Arenas Moreno, Alejandro / DE DOMENICO, MANLIO
    Keywords: Interconnected networks Human knowledge Diffusion Complex networks Big data human knowledge diffusion complex networks big data
    Abstract: © 2016, The Author(s). Academic research is driven by several factors causing different disciplines to act as “sources” or “sinks” of knowledge. However, how the flow of authors’ research interests – a proxy of human knowledge – evolved across time is still poorly understood. Here, we build a comprehensive map of such flows across one century, revealing fundamental periods in the raise of interest in areas of human knowledge. We identify and quantify the most attractive topics over time, when a relatively significant number of researchers moved from their original area to another one, causing what we call a “diaspora of the knowledge” towards sinks of scientific interest, and we relate these points to crucial historical and political events. Noticeably, only a few areas – like Medicine, Physics or Chemistry – mainly act as sources of the diaspora, whereas areas like Material Science, Chemical Engineering, Neuroscience, Immunology and Microbiology or Environmental Science behave like sinks.
    Thematic Areas: Multidisciplinary sciences Multidisciplinary Computer science, theory & methods Computer networks and communications Computational mathematics
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: alexandre.arenas@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-0937-0334
    Record's date: 2024-09-28
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s41109-016-0017-9
    Papper original source: Applied Network Science. 1 (1): 15-
    APA: De Domenico M; Omodei E; Arenas A (2016). Quantifying the diaspora of knowledge in the last century. Applied Network Science, 1(1), 15-. DOI: 10.1007/s41109-016-0017-9
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.1007/s41109-016-0017-9
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2016
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Computational Mathematics,Computer Networks and Communications,Computer Science, Theory & Methods,Multidisciplinary,Multidisciplinary Sciences
    Interconnected networks
    Human knowledge
    Diffusion
    Complex networks
    Big data
    human knowledge
    diffusion
    complex networks
    big data
    Multidisciplinary sciences
    Multidisciplinary
    Computer science, theory & methods
    Computer networks and communications
    Computational mathematics
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