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A bibliometric reconstruction of research trails for qualitative investigations of scientific innovations
Die bibliometrische Rekonstruktion von Forschungslinien für qualitative Untersuchungen wissenschaftlicher Innovationen
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Abstract "Abrupt changes in research content are of interest to innovation research because many innovations in general and scientific innovations in particular emerge from such changes. However, investigations of innovations emerging from research processes face the problem that the initial change of direct... view more
"Abrupt changes in research content are of interest to innovation research because many innovations in general and scientific innovations in particular emerge from such changes. However, investigations of innovations emerging from research processes face the problem that the initial change of direction in research by one or few researchers is an elusive phenomenon. The method presented in this article contributes to solving this problem by supporting the in-depth analysis of individual research biographies and of the emergence of new directions of research in these. The method employs bibliometric tools for a reconstruction of individual cognitive careers, embeds these reconstructions in qualitative studies of research biographies, and provides opportunities to link cognitive careers to the dynamics of scientific fields. As we will demonstrate, the method is generic in that it supports not only the investigation of scientific innovations but also, more generally, the identification of thematic change in individual cognitive careers. Two applications in qualitative research projects illustrate the potential of the method." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
cognition; science; innovation; career; method
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Sociology of Knowledge
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Bibliometrie
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 299-330
Journal
Historical Social Research, 40 (2015) 3
Issue topic
Methods of innovation research: qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method approaches
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.40.2015.3.299-330
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed