Boyack, KW; Borner, K; Klavans, R, Mapping the structure and evolution of chemistry research (Article, English) PROCEEDINGS OF ISSI 2007: 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ISSI, VOLS I AND II. 2007. p.112-123

[Eugene Garfield]

Email: kboyack at sandia.gov

Author(s): Boyack, KW (Boyack, Kevin W.); Borner, K (Boerner, Katy); 
Klavans, R (Klavans, Richard) 

Title: Mapping the structure and evolution of chemistry research 

Editor(s): TorresSalinas, D; Moed, HF 

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF ISSI 2007: 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SCIENTOMETRICS AND INFORMETRICS, VOLS I AND II 
112-123, 2007 

Language: English 
Document Type: Article 

Cited Reference Count: 17

Conference Title: 11th International Conference of the International-
Society-for-Scientrometrics-and-Informetrics 

Conference Date: JUN 25-27, 2007 

Conference Location: Madrid, SPAIN 

Conference Sponsors: Int Soc Scientrometr & Informetr, CSIC, Minist Educ & 
Ciencia, FECYT, Comunidad Madrid, Eugene Garfield Fdn, Thomson Sci, 
Elsevier, Journal Informetr, Scopus, Ayuntamiento Madrid, Sci Metrix, Univ 
Carlos III Madrid 

Author Keywords: mapping chemistry; journal mapping; dynamics; diffusion 

KeyWords Plus: JOURNAL COCITATION ANALYSIS; SCIENCE-CITATION-INDEX; MAPS 

Abstract: How does our collective scholarly knowledge grow over time? What 
major areas of science exist and how are they interlinked? Which areas are 
major knowledge producers; which ones are consumers? Computational 
scientometrics - the application of bibliometric/scientometric methods to 
large-scale scholarly datasets - and the communication of results via maps 
of science might help us answer these questions. This paper represents the 
results of a prototype study that aims to map the structure and evolution 
of chemistry research over a 30 year time frame. Information from the 
combined Science (SCIE) and Social Science (SSCI) Citations Indexes from 
2002 was used to generate a disciplinary map of 7.227 journals and 671 
journal clusters. Clusters relevant to study the structure and evolution 
of chemistry were identified using JCR categories and were further 
clustered into 14 disciplines. The changing scientific composition of 
these 14 disciplines and their knowledge exchange via citation linkages 
was computed. Major changes on the dominance, influence, and role of 
Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, and Bioengineering over these 30 years 
are discussed. The paper concludes with suggestions for future work. 

Addresses: Sandia Natl Labs, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA.  

Publisher Name: INT SOC SCIENTOMETRICS & INFORMETRICS-ISSI 
Publisher Address: KATHOLIEKE UNIV LEUVEN, FACULTEIT E T E W, DEKENSTRAAT 
2, LEUVEN, B-3000, BELGIUM 

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