McCain, KW (McCain, Katherine W.) Analysing influence over time: An historiographic mapping of the research of Conrad Hal Waddington (1905-1975) PROCEEDINGS OF ISSI 2007: 11TH INTL. CONF. OF THE ISSI, VOLS I AND II 558-567, 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

Email address: kate.mccain at ischool.drexel.edu

Author(s): McCain, KW (McCain, Katherine W.) 

Title: Analysing influence over time: An historiographic mapping of the 
research of Conrad Hal Waddington (1905-1975) 

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 
558-567, 2007 

Language: English 
Document Type: Article 

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: algorithmic historiography; citation networks; 
evolutionary developmental biology; historiographic mapping; history of 
science 

KeyWords Plus: DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY; PATTERNS 

Abstract: Historiographic mapping is used to study the influence of Conrad 
Hal Waddington, a developmental biologist/evolutionary geneticist whose 
publications span the years 1929 - 1977. Data were gathered from the Web 
of Science for a 60 year period (1945-2004) and analyzed using HistCite. A 
map of the entire period shows that Waddington is recognized for two major 
research themes-canalization/genetic assimilation and embryonic induction. 
When the data set is split into three 20 year periods, 
canalization/genetic assimilation appears as an active. visible area of 
contemporary research in all three while embryonic induction is 
essentially invisible in the middle period (1965-1984). This corresponds 
to historians' accounts of research trends in that time frame, in which 
funding and interest shifted from the level of the organism to the 
molecular level. The emergence of Evolutionary Developmental Biology is 
marginally visible in the last time period, although work explicitly 
linking Waddington's two themes is not prominent. A "time slice" approach 
to historiographic mapping can bring to light research activities and 
influences that may not be visible in a data set that covers a longer time 
period. 
Addresses: Drexel Univ, Coll Informat Sci & Technol, Philadelphia, PA 
19104 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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