Emergence d'une spécialité scientifique dans l'espace - La réparation de l'ADN

In: Bulletin of sociological methodology: Bulletin de méthodologie sociologique : BMS, Band 125, Heft 1, S. 46-64

Abstract

The Spatial Emergence of a Scientific Specialty - DNA Repair: In the study of science, the specialty is seen as the ideal level of analysis to understand the genesis and development of scientific communities. This article uses bibliometric data to analyze the emergence of DNA repair by testing a hybrid method to identify the specialty's appearance in geographical space by focusing on the geographical trajectories of the pioneers in this field. We try to identify the professional mobility of researchers using these bibliometric data, and if possible to highlight the structural networks of places during the emergence stage of the specialty. These networks determine places as much as they are built by individual trajectories. In this way, we try to make a place for the geography of science in the field of social studies of science.