The Pulsing Structure of Science: Ortega y Gasset, Saint Matthew, Fractility and Transfractality

Bailón-Moreno, Rafael and Jurado-Alameda, Encarnación and Ruiz-Baños, Rosario and Courtial, Jean-Pierre and Jiménez-Contreras, Evaristo The Pulsing Structure of Science: Ortega y Gasset, Saint Matthew, Fractility and Transfractality. Scientometrics, 2007, vol. 71, n. 7, pp. 3-24. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

By a new fractal/transfractal geometry of the Unified Scientometric Model, it is possible to demonstrate that science presents an oscillating or pulsing dynamic. It goes alternatively through two types of phases. Some phases are fractal, with crystalline networks, where the Matthew effect clearly manifests itself with regard to the most notable actors and those that provide the best contributions. The other phases are transfractal, with deformed, amorphous networks, in which the actors, considered mediocre, present greater capacity to restructure the network than the more renowned actors. The result after any transfractal deformation is a new crystalline fractal network. Behind this vision lies the Kuhn paradigms. As examples, the scientific fields of surfactants and autism have been analysed.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Unified Scientometric Model, Transfractal geometry, Fractal geometry, Sciences, Pulsing dynamic, Networks, Mathew effect, Kuhn paradigms.
Subjects: A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AC. Relationship of LIS with other fields .
Depositing user: Rosa Sanz
Date deposited: 09 Dec 2009
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:15
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/13893

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