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Scientometrics of big science: a case study of research in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Scientometrics, v 86(1), pp 1-14
01 Jan 2011
Abstract
Large-scale scientific projects have become a major impetus of scientific advances. But few studies have specifically analyzed how those projects bolster scientific research. We address this question from a scientometrics perspective. By analyzing the bibliographic records of papers relevant to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we found that the SDSS helped scientists from many countries further develop their own research; investigators initially formed large research groups to tackle key problems, while later papers involved fewer authors; and the number of research topics increased but the diversity of topics remains stable. Furthermore, the entropy analysis method has proven valuable in terms of analyzing patterns of research topics at a macroscopic level.
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- Title
- Scientometrics of big science: a case study of research in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- Creators
- Jian Zhang - Drexel UniversityMichael S. Vogeley - Drexel UniversityChaomei Chen - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Scientometrics, v 86(1), pp 1-14
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- Max Planck Society; Foundation CELLEX University of Cambridge University of Chicago Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) U.S. Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Korean Scientist Group Institute for Advanced Study Chinese Academy of Sciences (LAMOST); Chinese Academy of Sciences United States Naval Observatory Japanese Monbukagakusho; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) Ohio State University Fermilab University of Pittsburgh Los Alamos National Laboratory; United States Department of Energy (DOE) University of Basel Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Alfred P. Sloan Foundation University of Washington Princeton University Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) New Mexico State University Japan Participation Group; Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) University of Portsmouth IIS-0612129 / NSF; National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Funding Council for England; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Astrophysical Institute Potsdam Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology American Museum of Natural History Case Western Reserve University Johns Hopkins University Drexel University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science; Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000284888600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-78649923749
- Other Identifier
- 991019168591404721
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