GAIA conference working group

Nathan Bos, moderator

Interdisciplinary collaboration, Public Health and Climate

Change

Milton S. Eisenhower Research Center (MERC)

This session:

Rise of team science Co-citation analysis of IPCC reports

What does Bjurstrom’s correspondence analysis mean?

What should the role of medicine and public health be?

What are the barriers to multidisciplinary collaborations?

What are success stories known to participants? How did they overcome barriers?

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Increase in number of authors of papers and patents

Multi-authored papers also receive more citations

Wuchty, S., Jones, B.F., Uzzi, B. (2007). The Increasing dominance of teams in production of knowledge. Science, 316.

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Co-authorship across institutions

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Wuchty, S., Jones, B.F., Uzzi, B. (2008). Multi-University research teams: shifting impact, geography, and stratification in science. Science, 322.

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Basic types of bibliographic studies

Co-authorship

Co-reference Documents

reference the same sources

Co-citation Documents cited

by the same sources

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Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country

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Co-citation study of journals cited in 3rd IPCC reports

Three reports from the 2001 3rd IPCC reports, 43 chapters 96 most-cited journals (not journal articles), (6,413 references) Journals categorized by subject categories of Journal Citation

Reports What journals tend to get cited in the same chapters?

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Journal clustering Correspondence analysis of

journal co-citation in the 43 x 96 matrix

What does this mean for the role of medicine and public health within climate change research?

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Bjurström, A, and Polk, M. (2010) Climate change and interdisciplinarity: a co-citation analysis of IPCC Third Assessment Report. Scientometrics.

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Chapters

Scientific basis Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

Mitigation

1 The Climate System: an Overview2 Observed Climate Variability and Change3 The Carbon Cycle and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide4 Atmospheric Chemistry and Greenhouse Gases5 Aerosols, their Direct and Indirect Effects6 Radiative Forcing of Climate Change7 Physical Climate Processes and Feedbacks8 Model Evaluation9 Projections of Future Climate Change10 Regional Climate Information - Evaluation and Projections11 Changes in Sea Level12 Detection of Climate Change and Attribution of Causes13 Climate Scenario Development14 Advancing Our Understanding

1. Overview of Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability to Climate Change2. Methods and Tools3. Developing and Applying Scenarios4. Hydrology and Water Resources5. Ecosystems and Their Goods and Services6. Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems7. Human Settlements, Energy, and Industry8. Insurance and Other Financial Services9. Human Health10. Africa11. Asia12. Australia and New Zealand13. Europe14. Latin America15. North America16. Polar Regions (Arctic and Antarctic)17. Small Island States18. Adaptation to Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable Development and Equity19. Vulnerability to Climate Change and Reasons for Concern: A Synthesis

1. Setting the Stage: Climate Change and Sustainable Development2. Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation Scenarios and Implications3. Technological and Economic Potential of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction4. Technological and Economic Potential of Options to Enhance, Maintain, and Manage Biological Carbon Reservoirs and Geo-engineering5. Barriers, Opportunities, and Market Potential of Technologies and Practices6. Policies, Measures, and Instruments7. Costing Methodologies8. Global, Regional, and National Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Mitigation9. Sector Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Mitigation10. Decision-making Frameworks

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More from Bjurstrom

Country of origin and influence of authors and editors

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What are the barriers to multidisciplinary collaboration?

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What are success stories of multidisciplinary collaboration?

What elements enabled these projects to succeed despite barriers?

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[Additional slides]

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Growth of climate change science

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Stanhill, G. 2001. The growth of climate change science: A scientometric study 48, no. 2. Climatic change: 515 - 524.

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Stanhill 2001 study of Climate Change publications

Doubling period from 1970-1995 doubled every 7 years

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