From a word to a world: the current situation in the interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology
Using a carefully designed search query, we describe the field of synthetic biology in terms of leading countries, organizations and funding sources. Besides articles we also paid some attention to patents. The USA is the leading country in this field, followed by China. There is a clear exponential...
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| description | Using a carefully designed search query, we describe the field of synthetic biology in terms of leading countries, organizations and funding sources. Besides articles we also paid some attention to patents. The USA is the leading country in this field, followed by China. There is a clear exponential growth in the field of synthetic biology over the latest 14 years. Keywords were analyzed using the notion of year-based h-indices, core gap and relative core gap. We conclude that the term “synthetic biology” hides a large world ready to be explored by interdisciplinary research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1be7805cef24f5e952a1cded544abf32023-12-03T12:46:31ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592015-01-013e72810.7717/peerj.728728From a word to a world: the current situation in the interdisciplinary field of synthetic biologyXiaojun Hu0Ronald Rousseau1Medical Information Centre, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, ChinaInstitute for Education and Information Sciences, IBW, University of Antwerp (UA), Antwerp, BelgiumUsing a carefully designed search query, we describe the field of synthetic biology in terms of leading countries, organizations and funding sources. Besides articles we also paid some attention to patents. The USA is the leading country in this field, followed by China. There is a clear exponential growth in the field of synthetic biology over the latest 14 years. Keywords were analyzed using the notion of year-based h-indices, core gap and relative core gap. We conclude that the term “synthetic biology” hides a large world ready to be explored by interdisciplinary research.https://peerj.com/articles/728.pdfQuery formulationSynthetic biologyYear-based h-indicesKeyword analysis |
| spellingShingle | Xiaojun Hu Ronald Rousseau From a word to a world: the current situation in the interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology PeerJ Query formulation Synthetic biology Year-based h-indices Keyword analysis |
| title | From a word to a world: the current situation in the interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology |
| title_full | From a word to a world: the current situation in the interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology |
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| title_short | From a word to a world: the current situation in the interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology |
| title_sort | from a word to a world the current situation in the interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology |
| topic | Query formulation Synthetic biology Year-based h-indices Keyword analysis |
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