Paradigms, citations, and maps of science: a personal history
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Why do we need algorithmic historiography?
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Special features of historical papers from the viewpoint of bibliometrics
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
The Anna Karenina principle: A way of thinking about success in science
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
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How scientific progress functions in detail and what the specific prerequisites for scientific breakthroughs in a given research area are, is still unclear today. According to philosopher of science Thomas S. Kuhn, scientific advancement takes place via paradigm shift. As a principle supplementing Kuhn's theory, we proposed the Anna Karenina principle: a new paradigm can be successful only when several key prerequisites are fulfilled (e.g., verified by means of independent data and methods). If any one of these prerequisites is not fulfilled, the paradigm will not be successful. Aiming at investigating the schema of paradigm shift supplemented by the Anna Karenina principle with the aid of concrete examples from science, in this study we analyze one of the most important scientific revolutions: the shift from a fixed to a mobile worldview in geoscientific thinking. This paradigm shift will be explained based on key papers that played a decisive role, selected carefully from reviews in the literature. The account of the development will be complemented by empirical findings that were produced based on publication and citation data using the software Histcite.