Models of Science Dynamics Encounters Between Complexity Theory and Information Sciences /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scharnhorst, Andrea (Editor), Börner, Katy (Editor), Besselaar, Peter van den (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sociophysics.; Econophysics.; Complexity, Computational.; Social Sciences.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Socio- and Econophysics, Population and Evolutionary Models.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Complexity.

Models of science dynamics aim to capture the structure and evolution of science. They are developed in an emerging research area in which scholars, scientific institutions and scientific communications become themselves basic objects of research. In order to understand phenomena as diverse as the s...