Hindsight,insight, and foresight: a multi-level structural variation approach to the study of a scientific field |
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Authors: | Chaomei Chen |
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Affiliation: | 1. College of Information Science and Technology , Drexel University , Philadelphia , USA chaomei.chen@drexel.edu |
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Abstract: | In this article we introduce a multi-level structural variation approach to the study of a scientific field. The approach is motivated by an explanatory and computational theory of transformative discovery and novel structural variation metrics derived from the theory. We integrate the theoretical framework with a visual analytic process that enables an analyst to study the literature of a scientific field across multiple levels of aggregation and decomposition, including the field as a whole, specialties, topics and predicates. We demonstrate the use of this approach through a study of regenerative medicine. |
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Keywords: | theory of transformative research discovery regenerative medicine visual analytics |
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