Mapping the temporal evolution of scientific community structures

Theresa Velden, Kan Yu, Shiyan Yan, Carl Lagoze
2014 Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology  
We present results from tracking the temporal evolution of community structures within a research specialty. This extends our previous work in which we generated static community maps that combine co-author networks and direct citation networks derived from 20-years of publications in the research specialty. Here, we explore how the temporal evolution of these maps can be used to provide insights into the historical evolution of a field as well as extract more accurate snapshots of the
more » ... structures at a given point in time. Such time resolved mappings are an important component in our mixed method approach that integrates network analysis with ethnographic field studies to investigate field-specific communication and collaboration behaviors in scientific communities . Evaluating these maps in qualitative interviews with field experts will be the next step in our research.
doi:10.1002/meet.2014.14505101143 fatcat:abyfmgrppzgfficaxhahk3wlla