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Bibliometrics for Social Validation
- Source :
- PloS one, vol 11, iss 12, PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 12, p e0168597 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- eScholarship, University of California, 2016.
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Abstract
- This paper introduces a bibliometric, citation network-based method for assessing the social validation of novel research, and applies this method to the development of high-throughput toxicology research at the US Environmental Protection Agency. Social validation refers to the acceptance of novel research methods by a relevant scientific community; it is formally independent of the technical validation of methods, and is frequently studied in history, philosophy, and social studies of science using qualitative methods. The quantitative methods introduced here find that high-throughput toxicology methods are spread throughout a large and well-connected research community, which suggests high social validation. Further assessment of social validation involving mixed qualitative and quantitative methods are discussed in the conclusion.
- Subjects :
- Research design
Optimization
Computer and Information Sciences
Research Validity
Computer science
General Science & Technology
lcsh:Medicine
Social Sciences
010501 environmental sciences
Bibliometrics
Research and Analysis Methods
Toxicology
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
01 natural sciences
Social studies
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
Database and Informatics Methods
0302 clinical medicine
Sociology
Clinical Research
Research community
Agency (sociology)
Medicine and Health Sciences
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Database Searching
lcsh:Science
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Multidisciplinary
Social Research
lcsh:R
Biology and Life Sciences
Social Support
Research Assessment
Data science
Social research
Research Design
Physical Sciences
lcsh:Q
Network Analysis
Mathematics
Qualitative research
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PloS one, vol 11, iss 12, PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 12, p e0168597 (2016)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....67d520051faba088a3c6ff14e4ad04aa