Invisible college - Revision history

David at 16:23, 3 April 2015

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David at 16:23, 3 April 2015

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David at 20:48, 30 November 2014

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David: /* Contending concepts */

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Contending concepts

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Bibliography

David at 07:59, 25 May 2012

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David: moved Invisible College to Invisible college

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moved Invisible College to Invisible college

David at 13:50, 24 May 2012

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David at 11:33, 24 May 2012

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	In her study of the terrorism research field, Edna Reid describes how terrorism research at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies developed over the years in collaboration with other right-wing research centres and think-tanks to form "an invisible college of terrorism researchers":		In her study of the terrorism research field, Edna Reid describes how terrorism research at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies developed over the years in collaboration with other right-wing research centres and think-tanks to form "an invisible college of terrorism researchers":

−	<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">During the 1970s, governments, international organizations, and research centers such as the [[terrorexpertise:RAND Corporation\|RAND Corporation]], the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (CSIS), [[terrorexpertise:Georgetown University\|Georgetown University]], and the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv ~~University…sponsored~~ numerous terrorism conferences, research projects, specialized anthologies, study groups, and official inquiries into terrorism. The efforts helped to nurture terrorism research and create numerous forums which allowed cross-fertilization of ideas, sharing of resources, and creation of an invisible college of terrorism researchers. <ref>Edna F. Reid, Hsinchun Chen, ‘[http://ai.arizona.edu/go/intranet/papers/paper-Reid-terrorism-researcher.pdf Mapping the contemporary terrorism research domain]’, ''International Journal of Human-Computer Studies'' 65 (2007) 42–56</ref></blockquote>	+	<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">During the 1970s, governments, international organizations, and research centers such as the [[terrorexpertise:RAND Corporation\|RAND Corporation]], the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (CSIS), [[terrorexpertise:Georgetown University\|Georgetown University]], and the [[Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies]], [[Tel Aviv University]]…sponsored numerous terrorism conferences, research projects, specialized anthologies, study groups, and official inquiries into terrorism. The efforts helped to nurture terrorism research and create numerous forums which allowed cross-fertilization of ideas, sharing of resources, and creation of an invisible college of terrorism researchers. <ref>Edna F. Reid, Hsinchun Chen, ‘[http://ai.arizona.edu/go/intranet/papers/paper-Reid-terrorism-researcher.pdf Mapping the contemporary terrorism research domain]’, ''International Journal of Human-Computer Studies'' 65 (2007) 42–56</ref></blockquote>

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	The Invisible College refers to both a historical institution ([[Invisible College (organisation)]]) and a sociological concept. This page focuses on the concept and its history, usage and utility. The concept is distinct from other similar concepts such as [[Epistemic Community\|Epistemic Communities]] or [[Thought Collective\|Thought Collectives]].		The Invisible College refers to both a historical institution ([[Invisible College (organisation)]]) and a sociological concept. This page focuses on the concept and its history, usage and utility. The concept is distinct from other similar concepts such as [[Epistemic Community\|Epistemic Communities]] or [[Thought Collective\|Thought Collectives]].
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		+	In her study of the terrorism research field, Edna Reid describes how terrorism research at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies developed over the years in collaboration with other right-wing research centres and think-tanks to form "an invisible college of terrorism researchers":
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		+	<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">During the 1970s, governments, international organizations, and research centers such as the [[terrorexpertise:RAND Corporation\|RAND Corporation]], the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (CSIS), [[terrorexpertise:Georgetown University\|Georgetown University]], and the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University…sponsored numerous terrorism conferences, research projects, specialized anthologies, study groups, and official inquiries into terrorism. The efforts helped to nurture terrorism research and create numerous forums which allowed cross-fertilization of ideas, sharing of resources, and creation of an invisible college of terrorism researchers. <ref>Edna F. Reid, Hsinchun Chen, ‘[http://ai.arizona.edu/go/intranet/papers/paper-Reid-terrorism-researcher.pdf Mapping the contemporary terrorism research domain]’, ''International Journal of Human-Computer Studies'' 65 (2007) 42–56</ref></blockquote>
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	==Contending concepts==		==Contending concepts==

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 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" align="left" width="50%">
-<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>
+<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 2012 @ 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>

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-It is clear that the concept of Epistemic community is used more often than contending  concepts.
+The four concepts are all widely used in scholarly work seeking to understand how ides cohere and spread or decline.  The concepts are often used in isolation from each other. It is clear that the concept of epistemic community is used more often than contending  concepts - at least in relation to the overall holdings of Google Scholar.
 ==Bibliography==

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 Alesia Zuccala, Modeling the Invisible College ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology'' Volume 57 Issue 2, January 2006 Pages 152 - 168 </ref>
-Ahlgren, P., Jarneving, B. & Rousseau, R. (2003). Requirements for a cocitation similarity measure, with special reference to Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 54, 550-560.
+*Ahlgren, P., Jarneving, B. & Rousseau, R. (2003). Requirements for a cocitation similarity measure, with special reference to Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 54, 550-560.
 *Bartle, R. G. (1995). A brief history of the mathematical literature. Publishing Research Quarterly, 11, 3-9.
 *Bayer, A. E., Smart, J. C., & McLaughlin, G. W. (1990). Mapping the intellectual structure of a scientific subfield through author cocitations. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 41, 444-452.

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 A compilation of work on the concept of the invisible college.<ref>Sources include:
 Alesia Zuccala, Modeling the Invisible College ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology'' Volume 57 Issue 2, January 2006 Pages 152 - 168 </ref>
 Ahlgren, P., Jarneving, B. & Rousseau, R. (2003). Requirements for a cocitation similarity measure, with special reference to Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 54, 550-560.
 *Bartle, R. G. (1995). A brief history of the mathematical literature. Publishing Research Quarterly, 11, 3-9.
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 *Zuccala, A. (2004). Revisiting the invisible college: a case study of the intellectual structure and social process of Singularity Theory research in mathematics. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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 ==Notes==
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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">[[Discourse coalition]]</th>
-<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Epistemic community</th>
+<th bgcolor="goldenrod">[[Epistemic community]]</th>
-<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Invisible college</th>
+<th bgcolor="goldenrod">[[Invisible college]]</th>
-<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Thought collective</th>
+<th bgcolor="goldenrod">[[Thought collective]]</th>
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 It is clear that the concept of Epistemic community is used more often than contending  concepts.
 ==Bibliography==

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	The Invisible College refers to both a historical institution ([[Invisible College (organisation)]]) and a sociological concept. This page focuses on the concept and its history, usage and utility. The concept is distinct from other similar concepts such as [[Epistemic Community\|Epistemic Communities]] or [[Thought Collective\|Thought Collectives]].		The Invisible College refers to both a historical institution ([[Invisible College (organisation)]]) and a sociological concept. This page focuses on the concept and its history, usage and utility. The concept is distinct from other similar concepts such as [[Epistemic Community\|Epistemic Communities]] or [[Thought Collective\|Thought Collectives]].

		+	==Contending concepts==
		+
		+	<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" align="left" width="50%">
		+	<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>
		+	<tr>
		+	<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Discourse coalition</th>
		+	<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Epistemic community</th>
		+	<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Invisible college</th>
		+	<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Thought collective</th>
		+	</tr>
		+	<tr bgcolor="white">
		+	<td>742/1,750</td>
		+	<td>8,040/16,100</td>
		+	<td>7,250/11,100</td>
		+	<td>1,340/1,690</td>
		+	</tr>
		+	</table>
		+	It is clear that the concept of Epistemic community is used more often than contending concepts.

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==

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−	The Invisible College refers to both a historical institution ([[Invisible College (organisation)]]) and a sociological concept. This page focuses on the concept and its history, usage and utility.	+	The Invisible College refers to both a historical institution ([[Invisible College (organisation)]]) and a sociological concept. This page focuses on the concept and its history, usage and utility. The concept is distinct from other similar concepts such as [[Epistemic Community\|Epistemic Communities]] or [[Thought Collective\|Thought Collectives]].