1. October 30, 2011
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Science 2.0
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2. Science and Knowledge Management
“One of the diseases of this age is the multiplicity of
books; they doth so overcharge the world that it is not
able to digest the abundance of idle matter that is
every day hatched and brought forth into the world. “
Barnaby Rich 1613 (cited after Price)
Author of 26 books
Barnaby Rich Effect:
“It„s always the other author(s) who publishes too
much and “pollutes“, “floods”, “eutroficates” the
literature, never me”
Braun and Zsindely 1985
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3. Science and Knowledge Management
Information overload is not a contemporary problem
Science has been growing exponentially for the last 400
years (Price 1961)
Still true for:
Papers (Larsen/von Ins 2010)
Scientists (NSF 2010)
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Price 1961
extended by Leydesdorff (2008)
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4. Science and Knowledge Management
Consequences
Simultaneous/repeated discoveries
Scientific paper fails (largely) as a means of knowledge
transfer
Practices
“Invisible colleges” (Robert K. Merton)
Knowledge transfer through collaboration
rather than papers
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5. Science and the Web
The Web (2.0) shapes and changes research practices =
Science 2.0 5
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Kraker P. & Lindstaedt S. (2011): Research Practices on the Web in the Field of Technology Enhanced Learning

6. Science 2.0 for Scientometrics
Scientometrics: Quantitative analysis of science using
bibliographies
Evaluation of science
Mapping of science
Web 2.0
Artefacts earlier available
Contains additional information about the reader
Examples
Link analysis
Analysis of (micro-)blogs, social bookmarking systems…
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7. Trend Detection using TEL Twitter Data
http://stellar.know-center.tugraz.at/vis
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Kraker P., Wagner S., Jeanquartier F., Lindstaedt S.(2011): On the Way to a Science Intelligence: Visualizing TEL © Know-Center 2011
for Trend Detection

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Comments? Questions?
Pointers?
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