科学の発展は孤独な天才ではなく科学者間の相互作用によることがNature論文の相互引用グラフに表れている

kelly krause @kellybkrause

1/ In science the myth of the lone genius prevails. Rather, we are interconnected, we influence each other, we work together. For @nature's 150th we sought to visualize this, revealed in today's issue go.nature.com/2WTYVgf As there are many strands of work, here is an overview. pic.twitter.com/Kw4WKy1hqf

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kelly krause @kellybkrause

2/ We asked @barabasi lab to visualize the idea of interconnectedness in science using @nature’s history. They produced an amazing co-citation network. More than 88,000 Nature papers are represented by a dot, coloured by discipline. Papers are linked if another paper cites both. pic.twitter.com/tYz5wkrpYZ

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kelly krause @kellybkrause

3/ On the shoulders of giants. The team then drilled down to create a visual of a single paper (white dot), showing all of the papers referenced to create a work (below the dot), and all future citations (above the dot), in visualizations called reference trees (aka carrots🥕) pic.twitter.com/N9A9THvn59

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kelly krause @kellybkrause

4/ Interactive. Explore the data in an interactive version of the network go.nature.com/2NRUte2 showing @nature papers and their links; plus interactive reference trees for select papers such as the 1953 DNA discovery go.nature.com/2pQ5ynA pic.twitter.com/TOGPWbSwEv

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kelly krause @kellybkrause

5/ Animation. A gorgeous must-see video animation by @martino_design and @noabaker brings it all together, the @nature co-citation network and reference trees, in a moving narrated story that reflects the history of science. youtube.com/watch?v=GW4s58… pic.twitter.com/4goVFI87DB

kelly krause @kellybkrause

6/ Print cover. On the front @nature cover we show the overall network. The inside cover features the reference tree infographic. QR codes lead to interactives. For a PDF download of both sides go.nature.com/2PVQRdpy pic.twitter.com/MXG11hIzdR

kelly krause @kellybkrause

7/ Analysis. Read more at go.nature.com/36CmkHu. For the entire project, tremendous work from @barabasi Alex Gates Alice Grishchenko @martino_design @noabaker @Wesolicious @creditdesign @Monya_science Claire Welsh. Thanks to Karl Ziemelis @hcpearson @Magda_Skipper @Fran_Cesari_ pic.twitter.com/Ni0m40iirE

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Norio Nakatsuji @norionakatsuji

科学への一般人の理解が、最近の「スゴイ」研究者を宣伝する風潮により、「孤独な天才科学者」が突然の大発見で科学を発展させるとの「神話」が世間に流布。然し現実は、科学者達は互いに影響を与え、協働し、一段づつ繋がった研究で科学を発展させている。少数科学者への過剰な「選択と集中」は有害。 twitter.com/kellybkrause/s…

佐々木徹 @tsukuba_tsasaki

150年を迎えた科学誌Natureの表紙が面白い。ディレクターが解説。 科学は孤独な天才によって発展してきたと思われ勝ちだが、実際には科学者間の相互作用で一歩ずつ。Nature論文の相互の関わり(引用)を視覚的に表現したグラフ。アイディアも、それを実現した技術もすごい！ 面白いグラフが続く。 twitter.com/kellybkrause/s…