Collaboration and Cognitive Structures in Social Science Research Fields. Towards Socio-Cognitive Analysis in Information Systems

@article{citeulike:1583512, abstract = {Bibliographic information systems have to address the needs of users by providing \&\#8220;value-added-components.\&\#8221; For instance, users would benefit from knowing the social and cognitive structures of research fields. Research suggests that a relationship exists between actors' position in scientific networks and the innovativeness of themes they examine. The present study confirms and expands these results through a technique that relates the cognitive and social structures of a research field (socio-cognitive analysis). The results from two social science fields suggest that well-integrated actors are engaged in the consolidation of the mainstream, whereas new ideas are most likely to be introduced and pursued by social climbers, i.e., actors who are starting to form a social network of collaboration.}, author = {Mutschke, Peter }, citeulike-article-id = {1583512}, keywords = {main\_path\_analysis}, month = {November}, pages = {487--502}, posted-at = {2007-08-22 17:31:50}, priority = {4}, title = {Collaboration and Cognitive Structures in Social Science Research Fields. Towards Socio-Cognitive Analysis in Information Systems}, url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/scie/2001/00000052/00000003/00404640} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1583512 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1583512 TI - Collaboration and Cognitive Structures in Social Science Research Fields. Towards Socio-Cognitive Analysis in Information Systems SP - 487 EP - 502 N2 - Bibliographic information systems have to address the needs of users by providing “value-added-components.” For instance, users would benefit from knowing the social and cognitive structures of research fields. Research suggests that a relationship exists between actors' position in scientific networks and the innovativeness of themes they examine. The present study confirms and expands these results through a technique that relates the cognitive and social structures of a research field (socio-cognitive analysis). The results from two social science fields suggest that well-integrated actors are engaged in the consolidation of the mainstream, whereas new ideas are most likely to be introduced and pursued by social climbers, i.e., actors who are starting to form a social network of collaboration. KW - main_path_analysis AU - Mutschke, Peter UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/scie/2001/00000052/00000003/00404640 ER -