Principales parámetros para el estudio de la colaboración científica en big science

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 s...

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Autores: Ortoll Espinet, Eva, Canals, Agustí, Garcia Alsina, Montserrat, Cobarsí-Morales, Josep
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/92596
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/92596
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:organización científica
colaboración científica
big science
cienciometria
redes científicas
grandes experimentos
infraestructura científica
scientific organization
scientific collaboration
scientometrics
scientific networks
large experiments
scientific infrastructure
organització científica
col·laboració científica
xarxes científiques
grans experiments
Science
Ciència
Ciencia
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Sumario: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.