Atapuerca: evolution of scientific collaboration in an emergent large-scale research infrastructure

作者：Lozano Sergi^*; Rodriguez Xose Pedro; Arenas Alex

来源：Scientometrics, 2014, 98(2): 1505-1520.

DOI：10.1007/s11192-013-1162-x

• Emergent large-scale research infrastructures
• Scientific collaboration dynamics
• Co-authorship
• Network analysis
• Atapuerca

We study the evolution of scientific collaboration at Atapuerca%26apos;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%26apos;s fieldwork, which would control coauthorship-related information flows, and a tree-like periphery mostly populated by %26apos;external%26apos; researchers. Interestingly, this scenario corresponds to the idea of a Equipo de Investigacin de Atapuerca, originally envisioned by Atapuerca%26apos;s first director 30 years ago. These results have important systemic implications, both in terms of resilience of co-authorship structures and of %26apos;oriented%26apos; or %26apos;guided%26apos; 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.

• 出版日期2014-2