I dug up this prez from 2010 - deals with networks for historians of science, then shifts to a study of neuroeconomics (early stages of a study which was eventually published in 2012).
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Neuroeconomics
presentation of network analysis
case study
Network analysis (NA) for historians of economic thought
Revisiting neuroeconomics through network analysis (NA)
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Neuroeconomics
Styles in history of science
Critical analysis, hermeneutics
Rational reconstruction
Cliometrics
Sociological stance (post-modern?)
And still others!
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Neuroeconomics
Networks: tool for relational analysis
Economist A
Economist B
co-authors
Journal A
Journal B
citation
Univ A
Univ B
Movements of faculty
Concept A
Concept B
Frequency of co-occurrence
senior
junior
Number of
previous
works
Number of
previous
works
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Neuroeconomics
Network analysis: tool for relational
analysis
schools of thought “Cambridge circus”
evolution of an intellectual tradition “Institutional economics”
influence of an economist, a concept “how quickly did the Keynesian
revolution spread?”
Internationalization, interdisciplinarity in science can we learn more
about the European economists who became refugees in the US?
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Neuroeconomics
social network analysis
Statistical modeling of the formation of social ties
dynamic analysis (evolution through time)
theoretical research in network properties
case studies: Facebook etc.
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Neuroeconomics
many related fields
library sciences
computing sciences
sociology of science
history of science ? history of economic thought?
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Neuroeconomics
Data: search for “network*” in Abstracts, for journals in J-stor.
The British Journal for the
Philosophy of Science
ISIS
Philosophy of Science
PSA: Proceedings of the
Biennial Meeting of the
Philosophy of Science
Association
Science, Technology, &
Human Values
Social Studies of Science
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Neuroeconomics
EJHET, JHET and HOPE:
7 results for “network” in total
In preparation:
Ross B. Emmett (Michigan State
University) on workshops at Chicago
(presented at HISRECO 2009, in Anvers)
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Neuroeconomics
1900s 1950s 2000s
social sciences
establish their
independence
vis-à-vis natural
sciences
low point of
relationships between
natural and social
sciences
a revival?
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Neuroeconomics
0. Neuroeconomics in two slides
1. Evolutionary economics in two slides
2. Picturing these fields in terms of journal coverage
3. Picturing these fields in terms of department affiliations
4. Intermezzo: a method to define the perimeter of a scientific field
5. Evolution of interdisciplinarity through time
6. Interdisciplinarity and international science
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Neuroeconomics
search in abstract,
keyword or titles
1999-2009
Articles and Reviews
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index
309 results (evo eco)
277 results (neuroeco)
List the “subject
categories”
of the journals where
they appear
Subject Area Record Count % of 277
NEUROSCIENCES 94 33.94%
ECONOMICS 55 19.86%
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 35 12.64%
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES 31 11.19%
BIOLOGY 19 6.86%
… … …
… … …
PSYCHOLOGY, BIOLOG 10 3.61%
(Leydesdorff & Rafols, 2009 & in
preparation)
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Neuroeconomics
“Who are the most influential neuroeconomists?”
Survey sent to… #invitations #respondents #response rate
ISI authors of
“neuroeconomics”
422 125 30%
SCOPUS authors of
“neuroeconomics” 356 104 29%
Members of Society for
Neuroeconomics 2009
169 111
66%
TOTAL 684 254 37%
=> Survey sent by email to 684 scientists in Oct / Nov 2009
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Neuroeconomics
Mapping of neuroeconomics with a
keyword search (“neuroeco* in title and
topic) - same graph as in section 2.
Mapping of neuroeconomics after a survey
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Neuroeconomics
6. Interdisciplinarity and
international science
[Credits are due to Loet Leydesdorff for a review paper (2009) on geolocalisation]
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Neuroeconomics
1244 articles by
neuroeconomists
Reprint author addresses
extracted
coded by Subject categories
Geocoder
Map makingGPS Visualizer
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Neuroeconomics
Conclusion (1/2)
• Neuroeconomics and evolutionary economics
are published across natural and social
sciences
• BUT there is a strong difference in terms of
who is a practitioner.
• It must be related to the nature of the
interdisciplinary relationship: analogous vs
empirical
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Neuroeconomics
Conclusion (2/2)
• Neuroeconomics, as reflected by the survey, displays
a broader coverage of fields than one would suspect.
=> definitions matter
• Neuroeconomics seem to be relatively stable
through time, tbc.
• Strong differences in geographical coverage.
=> Europe: one centre in economics! [caveat]
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Neuroeconomics
• Qualitative analysis on small datatasets
• The next frontier: J-Stor!
• Networks as a tool for the diffusion of your
research (Flash, web-based applications)
Ex: http://seinecle.110mb.com/flash/test_map/Untitled-1.html