Journal article
Hindsight, insight, and foresight: a multi-level structural variation approach to the study of a scientific field
Technology analysis & strategic management, v 25(6), pp 619-640
01 Jul 2013
Abstract
In this article we introduce a multi-level structural variation approach to the study of a scientific field. The approach is motivated by an explanatory and computational theory of transformative discovery and novel structural variation metrics derived from the theory. We integrate the theoretical framework with a visual analytic process that enables an analyst to study the literature of a scientific field across multiple levels of aggregation and decomposition, including the field as a whole, specialties, topics and predicates. We demonstrate the use of this approach through a study of regenerative medicine.
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- Title
- Hindsight, insight, and foresight: a multi-level structural variation approach to the study of a scientific field
- Creators
- Chaomei Chen - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Technology analysis & strategic management, v 25(6), pp 619-640
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000320570600002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84879514551
- Other Identifier
- 991019168890904721
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