Network analysis of terms in the natural sciences insights from Wikipedia through natural language processing and network analysis

Abstract Scientists use specific terms to denote concepts, objects, phenomena, etc. The are then connected with each other in sentences that used science-specific language. Representing these connections through term networks can yield valuable insights into central and properties of the interconnections between them. Furthermore, understanding enhance assessment diagnostics science education. Computational means such as natural language processing network analysis provide tools analyze a principled way. This study utilizes linguistic disciplines (biology, chemistry, physics). samples comprised German English Wikipedia articles labelled according respective discipline. different languages were contrasting cases. Natural capabilities allowed us extract from articles. approach enabled gain among Our findings indicate theory, time, energy, or system emerge most physics. Moreover, science-term display typical scale-free, complex systems behavior. These learner’s use. more generally facilitate information extraction corpora education fields.