Scientific discovery and topological transitions in collaboration networks

We analyze the advent and development of eight scientific fields from their inception to maturity and map the evolution of their networks of collaboration over time, measured in terms of co-authorship of scientific papers. We show that as a field develops it undergoes a topological transition in its...

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Hauptverfasser: Bettencourt, Luis M. A., Kaiser, David I., Kaur, Jasleen
Weitere Verfasser: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Artikel
Sprache:en_US
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier 2009
Online Zugang:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50230
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5054-6744