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Title: Principales parámetros para el estudio de la colaboración científica en big science
Other Titles: Main parameters for the study of scientific collaboration in big science
Author: Ortoll Espinet, Eva  
Canals, Agustí  
Garcia Alsina, Montserrat  
Cobarsí-Morales, Josep  
Others: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Citation: Ortoll Espinet, E., Canals Parera, A., Garcia Alsina, M. & Cobarsí Morales, J. (2014). Principales parámetros para el estudio de la colaboración científica en Big Science. Revista Española de Documentación Científica, 37(4), 1-11. doi: 10.3989/redc.2014.4.1142
Abstract: In several scientific disciplines research has shifted from experiments of a reduced scale to large and complex collaborations. Many recent scientific achievements like the human genome sequencing or the discovery of the Higgs boson have taken place within the "big science" paradigm. The study of scientific collaboration needs to take into account all the diverse factors that have an influence on it. In the case of big science experiments, some of those aspects are particularly important: number of institutions involved, cultural differences, diversity of spaces and infrastructures or the conceptualization of research problems. By considering these specific factors we present a set of parameters for the analysis of scientific collaboration in big science projects. The utility of these parameters is illustrated through a comparative study of two large big science projects: the ATLAS experiment and the Human Genome Project.
Keywords: scientific organization
scientific collaboration
big science
scientometrics
scientific networks
large experiments
scientific infrastructure
DOI: 10.3989/redc.2014.4.1142
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Issue Date: Oct-2014
Publication license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/  
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