The invasion of the oxides: Transformation of superconductivity research as a result of an information epidemic. Tabah, A. N. & Dufour, C. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, pages 439–448, Jérusalem, Israël, 1997. The School of Library, Archive and Information Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The invasion of the oxides: Transformation of superconductivity research as a result of an information epidemic [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
The purpose of the present paper is to characterize the literatures of information epidemics, to analyze how the intellectual structure of a research specialty is transformed as a result of a major discovery, and to describe how scientists respond to rapidly changing conditions in their specialty. High-temperature superconductivity is one of the information epidemics identified in a recent analysis of the physics literature during the 1970s and 1980s and transformed by a surprising paper in 1986. The work consisted of a multidimensional scale analysis of articles indexed in Physics Abstracts and subsequently identified in the Science Citation Index A citation and cocitation analysis was performed with a new analysis tool, Bibliométrika, built on a relational database. Three years, 1985, 1987 and 1989, were studied to illustrate the state of superconductivity research preceding and following the beginning of the information epidemic.
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	title = {The invasion of the oxides: {Transformation} of superconductivity research as a result of an information epidemic},
	isbn = {965-222-793-5},
	shorttitle = {Actes de congrès},
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	abstract = {The purpose of the present paper is to characterize the literatures of information epidemics, to analyze how the intellectual structure of a research specialty is transformed as a result of a major discovery, and to describe how scientists respond to rapidly changing conditions in their specialty. High-temperature superconductivity is one of the information epidemics identified in a recent analysis of the physics literature during the 1970s and 1980s and transformed by a surprising paper in 1986. The work consisted of a multidimensional scale analysis of articles indexed in Physics Abstracts and subsequently identified in the Science Citation Index A citation and cocitation analysis was performed with a new analysis tool, Bibliométrika, built on a relational database. Three years, 1985, 1987 and 1989, were studied to illustrate the state of superconductivity research preceding and following the beginning of the information epidemic.},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the {Sixth} {International} {Conference} of the {International} {Society} for {Scientometrics} and {Informetrics}},
	publisher = {The School of Library, Archive and Information Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem},
	author = {Tabah, Albert N. and Dufour, Christine},
	year = {1997},
	keywords = {Analyse, Analyse citation, Analyse cocitation, Analysis, Análisis, Análisis cita, Citation analysis, Cocitation analysis, Echelle multidimensionnelle, Escala multidimensional, Física, High temperature superconductor, Literatura científica, Littérature scientifique, Multidimensional scale, Oxides, Oxyde, Physics, Physique, SCI (Science Citation Index), Scientific literature, Scientometrics, Scientometría, Scientométrie, Supraconducteur haute température, Supraconductor alta temperatura, Óxido},
	pages = {439--448},
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