Advancing the Science of Team Science

The First Annual International Science of Team Science (SciTS) Conference was held in Chicago, IL April 22-24, 2010. This article presents a summary of the Conference proceedings. Clin Trans Sci 2010; Volume 3: 263-266

Commentary Team Science A Multi-Level Systems Perspective for the Science of Team Science

This Commentary describes recent research progress and professional developments in the study of scientific teamwork, an area of inquiry termed the “science of team science” (SciTS, pronounced “sahyts”). It proposes a systems perspective that incorporates a mixed-methods approach to SciTS that is commensurate with the conceptual, methodological, and translational complexities addressed within the SciTS field. The theoretically grounded and practically useful framework is intended to integrate existing and future lines of SciTS research to facilitate the field’s evolution as it addresses key challenges spanning macro, meso, and micro levels of analysis

SDG 5: Gender equality term overlay map.

Binary counting (present/absent, not count of occurrences) was applied to terms in titles and abstracts of 25,601 publications in 2020, and those with at least 100 occurrences were mapped using VOSviewer. Node size indicates count of occurrences, and node proximity reflects frequency of co-occurrence (nodes close together co-occur more frequently than nodes far apart). In this overlay visualization, the color scale indicates the proportion of publications associated with the mapped terms that were also identified by the sex and gender keyword search: blue nodes indicate terms with relatively low consideration of sex and/or gender; yellow terms indicate terms with relatively high consideration of sex and/or gender.</p

SDG 5: Gender equality term network map.

Binary counting (present/absent, not count of occurrences) was applied to terms in titles and abstracts of 25,601 publications in 2020, and those with at least 100 occurrences were mapped using VOSviewer. Node size indicates count of occurrences, and node proximity reflects frequency of co-occurrence (nodes close together co-occur more frequently than nodes far apart). In this network visualization, the colors indicate topical clusters.</p

SDG 4: Quality education term overlay map.

Binary counting (present/absent, not count of occurrences) was applied to terms in titles and abstracts of 20,030 publications in 2020 (sampled from 37,206 in total), and those with at least 100 occurrences were mapped using VOSviewer. Node size indicates count of occurrences, and node proximity reflects frequency of co-occurrence (nodes close together co-occur more frequently than nodes far apart). In this overlay visualization, the color scale indicates the proportion of publications associated with the mapped terms that were also identified by the sex and gender keyword search: blue nodes indicate terms with relatively low consideration of sex and/or gender; yellow terms indicate terms with relatively high consideration of sex and/or gender.</p

Mapping A Research Agenda For The Science Of Team Science

An increase in cross-disciplinary, collaborative team science initiatives over the last few decades has spurred interest by multiple stakeholder groups in empirical research on scientific teams, giving rise to an emergent field referred to as the science of team science (SciTS). This study employed a collaborative team science concept-mapping evaluation methodology to develop a comprehensive research agenda for the SciTS field. Its integrative mixed-methods approach combined group process with statistical analysis to derive a conceptual framework that identifies research areas of team science and their relative importance to the emerging SciTS field. The findings from this concept-mapping project constitute a lever for moving SciTS forward at theoretical, empirical, and translational levels. © Beech Tree Publishing 2011

SDG 13: Climate action term map.

Binary counting (present/absent, not count of occurrences) was applied to terms in titles and abstracts of 20,030 publications in 2020 (sampled from 42,699 in total), and those with at least 100 occurrences were mapped using VOSviewer. Node size indicates count of occurrences, and node proximity reflects frequency of co-occurrence (nodes close together co-occur more frequently than nodes far apart). In this overlay visualization, the color scale indicates the proportion of publications associated with the mapped terms that were also identified by the sex and gender keyword search: blue nodes indicate terms with relatively low consideration of sex and/or gender; yellow terms indicate terms with relatively high consideration of sex and/or gender.</p