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How integrated are theoretical and applied physics?

Henrique F. De Arruda, Cesar H. Comin (ORCID), Luciano Da F. Costa

Scientometrics, 116(2): 1113-1121. . DOI: 10.1007/s11192-018-2777-8.

Abstract

How well integrated are theoretically and application oriented works in Physics currently? This interesting question, which has several relevant implications, has been approached mostly in a more subjective way. Recent concepts and methods from network science are used in the current work in order to develop a more principled, quantitative and objective approach to quantifying the integration and centrality of more theoretical/applied journals within the APS journals database, represented as a directed and undirected citation network. The results suggest a level of integration between more theoretical and applied journals, which are also characterized by remarkably similar centralities in the network.

Citation

@article{DeArruda2018How,
  title   = {How integrated are theoretical and applied physics?},
  author  = {De Arruda, Henrique F. and Comin, Cesar H. and Costa, Luciano Da F.},
  journal = {Scientometrics},
  year    = {2018},
  volume  = {116},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {1113--1121},
  doi     = {10.1007/s11192-018-2777-8}
}