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000085432 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1192-8707$$aAleta, Alberto$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000085432 245__ $$aExplore with caution: mapping the evolution of scientific interest in physics
000085432 260__ $$c2019
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000085432 5203_ $$aIn the book The Essential Tension (1979) Thomas Kuhn described the conflict between tradition and innovation in scientific research-i.e., the desire to explore new promising areas, counterposed to the need to capitalize on the work done in the past. While it is probable that along their careers many scientists felt this tension, only few works have tried to quantify it. Here, we address this question by analyzing a large-scale dataset, containing all the papers published by the American Physical Society (APS) in 26 years, which allows for a better understanding of scientists'' careers evolution in Physics. We employ the Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS) present in each paper to map the scientific interests of 103, 246 authors and their evolution along the years. Our results indeed confirm the existence of the "essential tension" with scientists balancing between exploring the boundaries of their area and exploiting previous work. In particular, we found that although the majority of physicists change the topics of their research, they stay within the same broader area thus exploring with caution new scientific endeavors. Furthermore, we quantify the flows of authors moving between different subfields and pinpoint which areas are more likely to attract or donate researchers to the other ones. Overall, our results depict a very distinctive portrait of the evolution of research interests in Physics and can help in designing specific policies for the future.
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000085432 593__ $$aComputer Science Applications$$c2019$$dQ1
000085432 593__ $$aModeling and Simulation$$c2019$$dQ1
000085432 593__ $$aComputational Mathematics$$c2019$$dQ2
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000085432 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6202-3302$$aMeloni, Sandro
000085432 700__ $$aPerra, Nicola
000085432 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0895-1893$$aMoreno, Yamir$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000085432 7102_ $$12004$$2405$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Física Teórica$$cÁrea Física Teórica
000085432 773__ $$g8, 27 (2019), [15 pp.]$$pEPJ data sci.$$tEPJ Data Science$$x2193-1127
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