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Title | ||
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Atapuerca: evolution of scientific collaboration in an emergent large-scale research infrastructure |
Abstract | ||
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We study the evolution of scientific collaboration at Atapuerca's archaeological complex along its emergence as a large-scale research infrastructure (LSRI). Using bibliometric and fieldwork data, we build and analyze co-authorship networks corresponding to the period 1992---2011. The analysis of such structures reveals a stable core of scholars with a long experience in Atapuerca's fieldwork, which would control coauthorship-related information flows, and a tree-like periphery mostly populated by `external' researchers. Interestingly, this scenario corresponds to the idea of a Equipo de Investigación de Atapuerca, originally envisioned by Atapuerca's first director 30 years ago. These results have important systemic implications, both in terms of resilience of co-authorship structures and of `oriented' or `guided' self-organized network growth. Taking into account the scientific relevance of LSRIs, we expect a growing number of quantitative studies addressing collaboration among scholars in this sort of facilities in general and, particularly, emergent phenomena like the Atapuerca case. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2014 | 10.1007/s11192-013-1162-x | Scientometrics |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
co-authorship structure,atapuerca case,co-authorship network,equipo de investigaci,emergent phenomenon,scientific relevance,emergent large-scale research infrastructure,fieldwork data,coauthorship-related information flow,archaeological complex,scientific collaboration | Data science,Social science,Psychological resilience,Data mining,Computer science | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
98 | 2 | 1588-2861 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
6 | 0.47 | 26 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Sergi Lozano | 1 | 51 | 5.44 |
| Xosé-Pedro Rodríguez | 2 | 6 | 0.47 |
| A Arenas | 3 | 623 | 38.38 |