The collaborative era in science : governing the network /
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| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2018]
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| Series: | Palgrave advances in the economics of innovation and technology.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Preface: Twenty-First-Century Science; Abundance Reorganizes Science; Multiple Levels of Analysis; The Meaning of Change; Plan of the Book; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Science in the Age of Knowledge Abundance; The Study and Understanding of Science; Modes and Communities; Continuing a Discussion on Knowledge Creation in Science; References; Chapter 2: The Scale and Scope of Global Science; From the Individual to Collective; Size of the System; How Many Journals Are Actively Published?; Confirming Garfield's Law of Concentration
- Law of Concentration of JournalsReferences; Chapter 3: Levels and Patterns of Communication in the Global Network; The Complex Adaptive System of Global Science; The System Dynamics Creating the Global Network of Science; The Interrelationship of Scientists and the Global Structure of Science; Communicative Behavior; Research as Energy Flow; Co-evolution and Change in the Complex System; Interconnectedness; References; Chapter 4: It's Who You Know (or Could Know) That Counts; Networks Organize, Operate, and Evolve; Networks Mean Collaboration; Networks of Record
- Evolution of Collaborative GroupsHow Scientific Networks Organize; Distributed and Collective Knowledge; Limitations to Network Collaboration; The Personal Dynamics Within Networks; Shape and Structure of the Global Network; Measuring Networking and Group Development; Implications of Global Science as a Network; Exploitable Characteristics of Scientific Networks; References; Chapter 5: The Global Network of Science Emerges; Large-Scale Properties of the Global Network; Small-Scale Properties Within the Global System; Setting the Global Agenda; Counting Membership
- Network Dynamics Beyond the Nation-StateInternational Collaborative Projects; Megascience; Megascience Without a Central Organization; Small-Scale Research Projects; Resource-Based Projects; References; Chapter 6: Openness in the Global Network; Intellectual Property Rights Within the Network; Open Access and Open Science; References; Chapter 7: Nations Within the Global Network; Rapid Rise in Scientific Investment; Open Countries Have Greater Scientific Impact; Mobility Scores and Openness; Government Spending; References; Chapter 8: Local Innovation and the Global Network
- Capacity InventoryApplying the THICK Methodology in Uganda; Technology Resources; Human Resources; Institutional Resources and Infrastructure; Collaboration and Communication; Knowledge Base; References; Chapter 9: Governing Global Science; Open Science; Governance Dynamics at the Individual Level; Governance Dynamics at the Institutional Level; Governance Dynamics at the National Level; References; References; Index