Identification and Characterisation of Technological Topics in the Field of Molecular Biology

Ivana Roche (1) , Dominique Besagni (1) , Claire François (1) , Marianne Hörlesberger (2) , Edgar L. Schiebel (2)

1 INIST - Institut de l'information scientifique et technique
2 ARCS - Austrian Research Centers GmbH

Following up the European project PromTech the aim of which was to detect emerging technologies by studying the scientific literature, we chose one field, Molecular Biology, to identify and characterize emerging topics within that domain. We combined two analytical approaches: the first one introduces a model of the terminological evolution of the field based on bibliometric indicators and the second one operates a diachronic clustering analysis. Our objective is to bring answers to questions such as: Which technological aspects can be detected? Which of them are already established and which of them are new? How are the topics linked to each other?

Mots clés: Emerging technologies; Bibliometric indicators; Terminology evolution; Diffusion model; Diachronic cluster analysis.

Domaines: Recherche d'information [cs.IR]; Autre; Applications [stat.AP]

Ivana Roche, Dominique Besagni, Claire François, Marianne Hörlesberger, Edgar L. Schiebel. Identification and Characterisation of Technological Topics in the Field of Molecular Biology. Cybermetrics : International Journal of Scientometrics, Informetrics and Bibliometrics, 2010, 82 (3), pp.663-676. ⟨hal-00614065⟩