Book chapter
The Uncertainty of Science: Navigating Through the Unknown
Representing Scientific Knowledge, pp 1-35
28 Nov 2017
Abstract
Accessing the state of the art of scientific knowledge timely and precisely remains a profound challenge. The vast majority of scientific articles are transient in nature. They may never receive attention from the scientific community or other relevant stakeholders. Advances of science must deal with controversial, conflicting, incomplete, and discrepant information. Uncertainties are an integral part of scientific inquiry and scholarly communication, but their essential role in understanding scientific knowledge as a whole has been considerably underestimated. We introduce a conceptual framework for the study of uncertainties associated with the creation, validation, and communication of scientific knowledge. We utilize science mapping techniques and approaches to illustrate the evolution of a particular body of scientific literature in terms of intellectual landmarks, critical paths, turning points, and boundary spanning bridges.
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- Title
- The Uncertainty of Science: Navigating Through the Unknown
- Creators
- Chaomei Chen - Drexel UniversityMin Song - Yonsei University
- Publication Details
- Representing Scientific Knowledge, pp 1-35
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Other Identifier
- 991019196772404721