Conference proceeding
Analysing influence over time: An historiographic mapping of the research of Conrad Hal Waddington (1905-1975)
Proceedings of ISSI 2007: 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, Vols I and II, pp.558-567
01 Jan 2007
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Abstract
Historiographic mapping is used to study the influence of Conrad Hal Waddington, a developmental biologist/evolutionary geneticist whose publications span the years 1929 - 1977. Data were gathered from the Web of Science for a 60 year period (1945-2004) and analyzed using HistCite. A map of the entire period shows that Waddington is recognized for two major research themes-canalization/genetic assimilation and embryonic induction. When the data set is split into three 20 year periods, canalization/genetic assimilation appears as an active. visible area of contemporary research in all three while embryonic induction is essentially invisible in the middle period (1965-1984). This corresponds to historians' accounts of research trends in that time frame, in which funding and interest shifted from the level of the organism to the molecular level. The emergence of Evolutionary Developmental Biology is marginally visible in the last time period, although work explicitly linking Waddington's two themes is not prominent. A "time slice" approach to historiographic mapping can bring to light research activities and influences that may not be visible in a data set that covers a longer time period.
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- Title
- Analysing influence over time: An historiographic mapping of the research of Conrad Hal Waddington (1905-1975)
- Creators
- Katherine W. McCain
- Contributors
- D TorresSalinas (Editor)H F Moed (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of ISSI 2007: 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, Vols I and II, pp.558-567
- Conference
- ISSI 2007: 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, 11th
- Publisher
- Int Soc Scientometrics & Informetrics-Issi
- Number of pages
- 10
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Identifiers
- 991019170391704721
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