Phylomemetic patterns in science evolution--the rise and fall of scientific fields.

We introduce an automated method for the bottom-up reconstruction of the cognitive evolution of science, based on big-data issued from digital libraries, and modeled as lineage relationships between scientific fields. We refer to these dynamic structures as phylomemetic networks or phylomemies, by a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David Chavalarias, Jean-Philippe Cointet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3569444?pdf=render