Information Technology and the Social Sciences
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چکیده
More than 90 percent of the essays in Current Contenrs@ (CC@) concern the natural sciences. While our approach is often sociological or historical, our special forays into the social sciences are relatively rare. This is strange considering E@’s strong commitment to providing resources in the social sciences and in the arts and humanities. (indeed, as a follow-up to the Science Citation Index@ Compact Disc Edition, ~we are developing right now the CD-ROM version of the Social Sciences Cit@”on Index@.) Therefore, it seems appropriate to comment in a generaJ way on the social sciences. The Fulbright Programme of Educational Exchanges dates from 1946 and now involves more than 120 countries. In 1986 the Fulbnght Commission sponsored a colloquium on information technology at tie Uttiversity of Southampton, UK, from September 16 to 29. Twelve papers from the conference have now been published in book form,2 including the following article I prepared with David A. Persdlebury (ISI, Philadelphia, now with THE SCIENTISP ) and Robert Kimberley (ISI, London). 3 I’m glad to see this book published and to “present” my talk here in CC, slightly modified to fit our style. But there’s another reason it’s good to see this book. I never got to Southampton! (Kimberley gave the paper.) So this bmk is my introduction to the Fulbright Colloquium on Information Technology, as well as yours. For a more comprehensive co-citationderived map of the srxial and behavioral sciences, see Henry Small’s report on 1S1’sefforts in R&D, which appeared in CC last year.’f
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