Futurism and Scientific Networking

Measuring Co-Authorship and Networking-Adjusted Scientific Impact

Appraisal of the scientific impact of researchers, teams and institutions with productivity and citation metrics has major repercussions. Funding and promotion of individuals and survival of teams and institutions depend on publications and citations. In this competitive environment, the number of authors per paper is increasing and apparently some co-authors don't satisfy authorship criteria. ...

Forecasting & Futurism 4 th Annual Contest Submission

Dark Future Precedents: Science Fiction, Futurism and Law

In the next decade a collection of technological and biological advances will enable incredible breakthroughs. These advances will also reveal perils, threats and problems that have yet to be imagined. In the legal domain strategic passivity may be the tradition, but it will only become more expensive. Disruptive global trends in innovation and technological development, increased needs for art...

Networking scientific resources in the Knowledge Grid environment

Scientific documents, research instruments, researchers’ abilities and co-operation among researchers are fundamental resources of scientific research. This paper proposes an approach for effectively networking scientific resources by detecting community structures in self-organized social network, discovering interest in information flow, capturing changes of interests over time and analyzing ...

Networking Scientific Resources in the Knowledge Grid Environment 1

Scientific documents, research instruments, researchers’ abilities and cooperation among researchers are fundamental resources of scientific research. This paper proposes an approach for effectively networking scientific resources by detecting community structures in self-organized social network, discovering interest in information flow, capturing changes of interests over time, and analyzing ...