How integrated are theoretical and applied physics?

Author(s)

de Arruda, Henrique F. ^[1] ; Comin, Cesar H. ^[2] ; Costa, Luciano da F. ^[3]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Math & Comp Sci, Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Comp Sci, Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos Inst Phys, Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: SCIENTOMETRICS; v. 116, n. 2, p. 1113-1121, AUG 2018.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

How well integrated are theoretically and application oriented works in Physics currently? This interesting question, which has several relevant implications, has been approached mostly in a more subjective way. Recent concepts and methods from network science are used in the current work in order to develop a more principled, quantitative and objective approach to quantifying the integration and centrality of more theoretical/applied journals within the APS journals database, represented as a directed and undirected citation network. The results suggest a level of integration between more theoretical and applied journals, which are also characterized by remarkably similar centralities in the network. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/18942-8 - Associating complex networks with effective feature spaces
• Grantee: Cesar Henrique Comin
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 15/22308-2 - Intermediate representations in Computational Science for knowledge discovery
• Grantee: Roberto Marcondes Cesar Junior
• Support type: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 11/50761-2 - Models and methods of e-Science for life and agricultural sciences
• Grantee: Roberto Marcondes Cesar Junior
• Support type: Research Projects - Thematic Grants