ISBN:
9781787144699
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (308 pages)
Series Statement:
International perspectives on education and society 33
Series Statement:
International Perspectives on Education and Society Ser. v.33
Series Statement:
International perspectives on education and society
Parallel Title:
The century of science
DDC:
306.432
Keywords:
Social sciences--Research
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Social sciences Research
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Electronic books
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Education, Higher
;
Research
;
Universities and colleges
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Universität
;
Forschung
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Geschichte 1900-2000
Abstract:
The Century of Science, a multicultural, international team of authors examine the global rise of scholarly research in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and health fields, providing insightful historical and sociological understandings of the ways that higher education has become an institution that shapes science and society.
Abstract:
Front Cover -- The Century of Science: The Global Triumph of the Research University -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Foreword -- References -- Introduction: The Worldwide Triumph of the Research University and Globalizing Science -- Setting the Global Stage -- Embedding SPHERE in Scientific Literature -- The Organization of Science Production: Research Universities at the Center -- Limited Empirical Studies on Science Production -- A Brief History of Bibliometric Analysis -- Comparison of Web of Science (Thomson Reuters) and Scopus (Elsevier) -- Methodology and Data -- Data Source, Sampling, and Coding -- How SPHERE Counted Collaboratively Written Research Articles -- Transformative Regime Change: The Dissolution or Unification of Countries -- Comparing Results -- Global Mega-Science -- Global Differentiation and Competition -- International Collaboration: Boundary-spanning Dynamics -- Connections between Science Production and Economic Prosperity -- Chapter Overview -- Discussion and Outlook -- Notes -- References -- Higher Education Expansion and the Growth of Science: The Institutionalization of Higher Education Systems in Seven Countri... -- Introduction -- Nation-State Building and the Institutionalization of Education -- The New Global Environment of Higher Education -- A New Role for the State? -- Expansion Trends in Cross-National Perspective -- "Elevator Effect" or Convergence in Higher Education Expansion? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The European Center of Science Productivity: Research Universities and Institutes in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom -- The Organization(s) of Scientific Productivity -- Europe: A Center of Global Scientific Productivity -- Institutionalizing Science: Research Universities and Institutes.
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