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Lattice-based dynamic and overlapping taxonomies: The case of epistemic communities

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  • Camille Roth

    (CREA (Center for Research in Applied Epistemology), CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique)

  • Paul Bourgine

    (CREA (Center for Research in Applied Epistemology), CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique)

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Summary We present a method for describing taxonomy evolution. We focus on the structure of epistemic communities (ECs), or groups of agents sharing common knowledge concerns. Introducing a formal framework based on Galois lattices, we categorize ECs in an automated and hierarchically structured way and propose criteria for selecting the most relevant epistemic communities - for instance, ECs gathering a certain proportion of agents and thus prototypical of major fields. This process produces a manageable, insightful taxonomy of the community. Then, the longitudinal study of these static pictures makes possible an historical description. In particular, we capture stylized facts such as field progress, decline, specialization, interaction (merging or splitting), and paradigm emergence. The detection of such patterns in epistemic networks could fruitfully be applied to other contexts.

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  • Camille Roth & Paul Bourgine, 2006. "Lattice-based dynamic and overlapping taxonomies: The case of epistemic communities," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 69(2), pages 429-447, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:69:y:2006:i:2:d:10.1007_s11192-006-0161-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-006-0161-6
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    1. Bonaccorsi, Andrea & Vargas, Juan, 2010. "Proliferation dynamics in new sciences," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(8), pages 1034-1050, October.
    2. Katharina Maria Hofer & Angela Elisabeth Smejkal & F. Zeynep Bilgin & Gerhard A. Wuehrer, 2010. "Conference proceedings as a matter of bibliometric studies: the Academy of International Business 2006–2008," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 84(3), pages 845-862, September.
    3. Yanqing Shi & Si Chen & Lele Kang, 2021. "Which questions are valuable in online Q&A communities? A question’s position in a knowledge network matters," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(10), pages 8239-8258, October.

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