I dug up this prez from 2010 - deals with networks for historians of science, then shifts to a study of neuroeconomics (early stages of a study which was eventually published in 2012).

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networks
history
economic
thought
by
clement
levallois
feb. 22 2010

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Neuroeconomics
presentation of network analysis
case study
Network analysis (NA) for historians of economic thought
Revisiting neuroeconomics through network analysis (NA)

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Styles in history of science
Critical analysis, hermeneutics
Rational reconstruction
Cliometrics
Sociological stance (post-modern?)
And still others!

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Different methods, different data
sources

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Networks: tool for relational analysis
Economist A
Economist B
co-authors
Journal A
Journal B
citation
Univ A
Univ B
Movements of faculty
Concept A
Concept B
Frequency of co-occurrence
senior
junior
Number of
previous
works
Number of
previous
works

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Network analysis: tool for relational
analysis
schools of thought “Cambridge circus”
evolution of an intellectual tradition “Institutional economics”
influence of an economist, a concept “how quickly did the Keynesian
revolution spread?”
Internationalization, interdisciplinarity in science can we learn more
about the European economists who became refugees in the US?

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softwares
1997
1991
2002 2007 2008

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Pajek

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Example of visualization with Gephi

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sociology
1961 - Anatol Rapoport (“sociograms”)
1967 - Stanley Milgram (“small worlds”)
1973 - Granovetter (“strength of weak ties”)

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scientometrics
 formation of co-author networks, co-citation networks
 maps of science
 case studies of scientific disciplines
 study of interdisciplinarity

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social network analysis
Statistical modeling of the formation of social ties
dynamic analysis (evolution through time)
theoretical research in network properties
 case studies: Facebook etc.

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many related fields
 library sciences
 computing sciences
 sociology of science
 history of science ? history of economic thought?

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Data: search for “network*” in Abstracts, for journals in J-stor.
The British Journal for the
Philosophy of Science
ISIS
Philosophy of Science
PSA: Proceedings of the
Biennial Meeting of the
Philosophy of Science
Association
Science, Technology, &
Human Values
Social Studies of Science

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Networks, searched in
“history of science and
techniques”
Networks, searched in
“social sciences and
humanities”

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EJHET, JHET and HOPE:
7 results for “network” in total
In preparation:
Ross B. Emmett (Michigan State
University) on workshops at Chicago
(presented at HISRECO 2009, in Anvers)

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Research question:
The evolving interdisciplinary
relationships between economics and
biology

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1900s 1950s 2000s
social sciences
establish their
independence
vis-à-vis natural
sciences
low point of
relationships between
natural and social
sciences
a revival?

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1900-1999
Occurrencesenmillièmesdutotaldesdocumentspubliés
1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000
406080100120
‰ of economic publications employing an expression
borrowed from biology (“natural selection”, “physiology”, …)
Y axis:

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0. Neuroeconomics in two slides
1. Evolutionary economics in two slides
2. Picturing these fields in terms of journal coverage
3. Picturing these fields in terms of department affiliations
4. Intermezzo: a method to define the perimeter of a scientific field
5. Evolution of interdisciplinarity through time
6. Interdisciplinarity and international science

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0. Neuroeconomics in two slides

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1. Evolutionary economics in two
slides

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2. Picturing these fields in terms
of journal coverage

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Leydesdorff (2009)
Cognitive Sci.
Agri Sci
Biomed Sci
Chemistry
Physics
Engineering
Env Sci & Tech
Matls Sci
Infectious
Diseases
Psychology
Social Studies
Clinical Med
Computer Sci
Business & MGT
Geosciences
Ecol Sci
Econ Polit. & Geography
Health & Social Issues
Global Map of Science, 2007
221 SCI-SSCI Subject Categories

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Eco, geo, polit
Psychology
Clinical
medicine
Biomedical
sciences
Cognitive
sciences
Chemistry
Computer
sciences

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search in abstract,
keyword or titles
1999-2009
Articles and Reviews
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index
309 results (evo eco)
277 results (neuroeco)
List the “subject
categories”
of the journals where
they appear
Subject Area Record Count % of 277
NEUROSCIENCES 94 33.94%
ECONOMICS 55 19.86%
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 35 12.64%
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES 31 11.19%
BIOLOGY 19 6.86%
… … …
… … …
PSYCHOLOGY, BIOLOG 10 3.61%
(Leydesdorff & Rafols, 2009 & in
preparation)

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Visualization in GEPHI:
evolutionary eco VS neuroeco

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3. Picturing these fields in terms of
department affiliations

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4. Intermezzo: a method to define
the perimeter of a scientific field

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“Who are the most influential neuroeconomists?”
Survey sent to… #invitations #respondents #response rate
ISI authors of
“neuroeconomics”
422 125 30%
SCOPUS authors of
“neuroeconomics” 356 104 29%
Members of Society for
Neuroeconomics 2009
169 111
66%
TOTAL 684 254 37%
=> Survey sent by email to 684 scientists in Oct / Nov 2009

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Does this new definition influence
the interdisciplinary spread of
neuroeconomics, in terms of
journals?

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Mapping of neuroeconomics with a
keyword search (“neuroeco* in title and
topic) - same graph as in section 2.
Mapping of neuroeconomics after a survey

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5. Evolution of interdisciplinarity
through time

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6. Interdisciplinarity and
international science
[Credits are due to Loet Leydesdorff for a review paper (2009) on geolocalisation]

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1244 articles by
neuroeconomists
Reprint author addresses
extracted
coded by Subject categories
Geocoder
Map makingGPS Visualizer

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Biomedical sciences
Cognitive sciences
Psychology Economics
Clinical medicine
Business and Management

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Biomedical sciences
Cognitive sciences
Psychology Economics
Clinical medicine
Business and Management

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Biomedical sciences
Cognitive sciences
Psychology Economics
Clinical medicine
Business and Management

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Conclusion (1/2)
• Neuroeconomics and evolutionary economics
are published across natural and social
sciences
• BUT there is a strong difference in terms of
who is a practitioner.
• It must be related to the nature of the
interdisciplinary relationship: analogous vs
empirical

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Conclusion (2/2)
• Neuroeconomics, as reflected by the survey, displays
a broader coverage of fields than one would suspect.
=> definitions matter
• Neuroeconomics seem to be relatively stable
through time, tbc.
• Strong differences in geographical coverage.
=> Europe: one centre in economics! [caveat]

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Perspectives

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• Qualitative analysis on small datatasets
• The next frontier: J-Stor!
• Networks as a tool for the diffusion of your
research (Flash, web-based applications)
Ex: http://seinecle.110mb.com/flash/test_map/Untitled-1.html

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Thank you!
www.clementlevallois.net