1. Origins of Life Research: a Bibliometric Approach
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Zehra Taskin, John Hernlund, and ARSEV UMUR AYDINOGLU
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biology ,Research ,Origin of Life ,05 social sciences ,Miller ,Library science ,General Medicine ,Bibliometrics ,050905 science studies ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Prebiotic chemistry ,Space and Planetary Science ,Abiogenesis ,Research community ,Exobiology ,0103 physical sciences ,0509 other social sciences ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
This study explores the collaborative nature and interdisciplinarity of the origin(s) of life (OoL) research community. Although OoL research is one of the oldest topics in philosophy, religion, and science; to date there has been no review of the field utilizing bibliometric measures. A dataset of 5647 publications that are tagged as OoL, astrobiology, exobiology, and prebiotic chemistry is analyzed. The most prolific authors (Raulin, Ehrenfreund, McKay, Cleaves, Cockell, Lazcano, etc.), most cited scholars and their articles (Miller 1953, Gilbert 1986, Chyba & Sagan 1992, Wȁchtershȁuser 1988, etc.), and popular journals (Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres and Astrobiology) for OoL research are identified. Moreover, interdisciplinary research conducted through research networks, institutions (NASA, Caltech, University of Arizona, University of Washington, CNRS, etc.), and keywords & concepts (astrobiology, life, Mars, amino acid, prebiotic chemistry, evolution, RNA) are explored.
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- 2017
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