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From bioweapon to biodefense

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  • Valentina Markusova

    ((VINITI) of Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • Concepción S. Wilson

    (University of New South Wales School of Information Systems)

  • Mari Davis

    (University of New South Wales School of Information Systems)

Abstract

The biological arms race could have been considered a closed chapter in the Cold War history. However, the growth of different terrorist groups and organisations has increased the threat of biological weapon (BW) use. The goal of this pilot scientometric project was to trace changes in biodefense research and the activities of its main players, Russia and the US. Data were collected from the SCI via the Dialog information system for1991-2000, the period covering the post-soviet era. In-depth content analysis was performed on selected papers from the 2870 publications identified as BW-related. During the period examined, the publication flow increased by 250 percent. The main contributors to this literature were shown to be the US, Russia, UK, France and Germany. The results presented in this paper are of interest to security analysts (following the attacks in the US of 11th September 2001), to public health care policy researchers and to politicians.

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  • Valentina Markusova & Concepción S. Wilson & Mari Davis, 2002. "From bioweapon to biodefense," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 53(1), pages 21-38, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:53:y:2002:i:1:d:10.1023_a:1014827819263
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1014827819263
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    1. Edoardo Magnone, 2014. "The extreme case of terrorism: a scientometric analysis," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 101(1), pages 179-201, October.
    2. Valentina Markusova & Valentin Bogorov & Alexander Libkind, 2018. "Usage metrics vs classical metrics: analysis of Russia’s research output," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 114(2), pages 593-603, February.

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