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Science Policy and the Challenges for Modeling Science

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Models of Science Dynamics

Part of the book series: Understanding Complex Systems ((UCS))

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This book seeks to advance the modeling science to improve our collective understanding of the functioning of science systems and of the dynamics of science. It also attempts to make the modeling of science relevant from the perspective of societal use – an issue that is increasingly important in scientific research.

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    For example, the center for Science System Assessment in the Netherlands, the Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (IFQ) in Germany, the NSF Science of Science and Innovation Policy program in the US, the former Prime Network of Excellence in the EU.

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    URL: http://www.citeulike.orghttp://www.citeulike.org.

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    URL: http://www.mendeley.comhttp://www.mendeley.com.

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    URL: http://www.vivoweb.orghttp://www.vivoweb.org.

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    URL: http://www.collexis.comhttp://www.collexis.com.

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    URL: http://scholarometer.indiana.eduhttp://scholarometer.indiana.edu.

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    URL: http://www.authormapper.comhttp://www.authormapper.com.

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    URL: http://www.mendeley.com/groups/586171/alt-metricshttp://www.mendeley.com/groups/586171/alt-metrics.

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  1. Department of Organization Science & Network Institute, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Peter van den Besselaar

  2. SLIS, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

    Katy Börner

  3. Data Archiving and Networked Services, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Anna van Saksenlaan 10, 2593 HT, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Andrea Scharnhorst

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  1. Humanities and Social Sciences, Royal Neth. Academy of Arts a. Sciences, The Virtual Knowledge Studio for the, Cruquiusweg 31, Amsterdam, 1019 AT, Netherlands

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  2. Center, School of Library and Information Sc., Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science, 10th Street and Jordan Avenue, Bloomington, 47405, USA

    Katy Börner

  3. The Rathenau Institute, Science System Assessment Center, Anna van Saksenlaan 51, The Hague, 2593 HW, Netherlands

    Peter van den Besselaar

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van den Besselaar, P., Börner, K., Scharnhorst, A. (2012). Science Policy and the Challenges for Modeling Science. In: Scharnhorst, A., Börner, K., van den Besselaar, P. (eds) Models of Science Dynamics. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23068-4_8

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