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==Contending concepts==

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<tr><th colspan="10" bgcolor="goldenrod" align="center">Articles from Google Scholar on the spread of ideas<ref>Search conducted on [http://scholar.google.co.uk/ Google Scholar] from the UK on Thursday 24 May @ 12.50 hrs approx.  Search terms = First number: "Discourse coalition"; "Epistemic community"; "Invisible college"; "Thought collective". Second number: "Discourse coalition" OR "Discourse Coalitions"; "Epistemic community" OR "Epistemic communities"; "Invisible college" OR "Invisible colleges"; "Thought collective" OR "Thought collectives"</ref></th></tr>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Discourse coalition</th>
<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Epistemic community</th>
<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Invisible college</th>
<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Thought collective</th>
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    <td>742/1,750</td>
    <td>8,040/16,100</td>
    <td>7,250/11,100</td>
    <td>1,340/1,690</td>
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It is clear that the concept of Epistemic community is used more often than contending  concepts.