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Informal communication among scientists in sleep research

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At the frontiers of an active area of science, social structure based upon communication is demonstrated. Using sociometric techniques, an informal communication network was identified which included 73% of the scientists. Within the network was a core group of scientists who were the focus of a disproportionately large number of contacts and who were differentiated from others by greater productivity, higher citation record and wider readership. Information transferred to these scientists is so situated that it could be transmitted to 95% of the network scientists through one intermediary scientist or less.

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  • Susan Crawford, 1971. "Informal communication among scientists in sleep research," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 22(5), pages 301-310, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:22:y:1971:i:5:p:301-310
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630220502
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    1. Jochen Gläser & Wolfgang Glänzel & Andrea Scharnhorst, 2017. "Same data—different results? Towards a comparative approach to the identification of thematic structures in science," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 111(2), pages 981-998, May.
    2. Laure Turner & Jacques Mairesse, 2004. "Mesure de l'intensité de collaboration dans la recherche scientifique et évaluation du rôle de la distance géographique," Revue d'économie politique, Dalloz, vol. 114(2), pages 223-243.
    3. Grit Laudel, 2003. "Studying the brain drain: Can bibliometric methods help?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 57(2), pages 215-237, June.
    4. Jacques Mairesse & Laure Turner, 2006. "Measurement and Explanation of the Intensity of Co-publication in Scientific Research: An Analysis at the Laboratory Level," Chapters, in: Cristiano Antonelli & Dominique Foray & Bronwyn H. Hall & W. Edward Steinmueller (ed.), New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology, chapter 10, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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