全部 标题 作者
关键词 摘要

OALib Journal期刊
ISSN: 2333-9721
费用:99美元

查看量下载量

相关文章

更多...
PeerJ  2015 

From a word to a world: the current situation in the interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.728

Keywords: Query formulation,Synthetic biology,Year-based h-indices,Keyword analysis

Full-Text   Cite this paper   Add to My Lib

Abstract:

Using a carefully designed search query, we describe the field of synthetic biology in terms of leading countries, organizations and funding sources. Besides articles we also paid some attention to patents. The USA is the leading country in this field, followed by China. There is a clear exponential growth in the field of synthetic biology over the latest 14 years. Keywords were analyzed using the notion of year-based h-indices, core gap and relative core gap. We conclude that the term “synthetic biology” hides a large world ready to be explored by interdisciplinary research.

References

[1]  Church GM, Gao Y, Kosuri S. 2012. Next-generation digital information storage in DNA. Science 337(6102):1628
[2]  De Lorenzo V, Danchin A. 2008. Synthetic biology: discovering new worlds and new words. EMBO Reports 9(9):822-827
[3]  Esvelt KM, Wang HH. 2013. Genome-scale engineering for systems and synthetic biology. Molecular Systems Biology 9:641
[4]  Goh KI, Cusick ME, Valle D, Childs B, Vidal M, Barabási A-L. 2007. The human disease network. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(21):8685-8690
[5]  Goldman AW. 2014. Conceptualizing the interdisciplinary diffusion and evolution of merging fields: the case of systems biology. Journal of Informetrics 8(1):43-58
[6]  Hu XJ. 2005. How to use PubMed. In: Hu XJ, Luo JH, eds. Biomedical informatics. Beijing: Chinese Press of Contemporary Economy. 102-114 (in Chinese)
[7]  Hu XJ, Rousseau R. 2014a. Describing the development of molecular research in the context of nervous system diseases using year-based h-cores. Journal of Information Science 41(1):107-114
[8]  Hu XJ, Rousseau R. 2014b. Synthetic biology: from a word to a world. arXiv preprint
[9]  Jain A, Bhatia P, Chugh A. 2012. Microbial synthetic biology for human therapeutics. Systems and Synthetic Biology 6(1–2):9-22
[10]  Joyce S, Mazza A-M, Kendall S. 2013. Positioning synthetic biology to meet the challenges of the 21st century. In: Summary report of a six academies symposium series. Washington D.C.: National Academies Press.
[11]  Kostoff RN, Stump JA, Johnson D, Murday JS, Lau CGY, Tolles WM. 2006. The structure and infrastructure of the global nanotechnology literature. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 8(3–4):301-321
[12]  Leduc S. 1912. La biologie synthétique. Paris: A. Poinat.
[13]  Li JW-H, Vederas JC. 2009. Drug discovery and natural products: end of an era or an endless frontier Science 325(5937):161-165
[14]  Liu YX, Rousseau R. 2010. Knowledge diffusion through publications and citations: a case study using ESI-fields as unit of diffusion. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 62(2):340-351
[15]  Mahbuba D, Rousseau R. 2010. Scientific research in the Indian subcontinent: selected trends and indicators 1973–2007 comparing Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with India, the local giant. Scientometrics 84(2):403-420
[16]  Mahbuba D, Rousseau R. 2013. Year-based h-type indicators. Scientometrics 96(3):785-797
[17]  NEST High-Level Expert Group. 2005. Synthetic biology. Applying engineering to biology. Brussels: European Commission—Directorate-General for Research Information and Communication Unit
[18]  Oldham P, Hall S, Burton G. 2012. Synthetic biology: mapping the scientific landscape. PLoS ONE 7(4):e34368
[19]  Purnick PEM, Weiss R. 2009. The second wave of synthetic biology: from modules to systems. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10(6):410-422
[20]  Renn O, Roco MC. 2006. Nanotechnology and the need for risk governance. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 8(2):153-191
[21]  The Royal Society. 2014. Synthetic biology. Available at http://royalsociety.org/policy/projects/synthetic-biology/ (accessed 17 January 2014)
[22]  Schuster P. 2013. Designing living matter. Can we do better than evolution Complexity 18(6):21-31
[23]  Szybalski W. 1974. In vivo and in vitro initiation of transcription. In: Kohn A, Shatkay A, eds. Control of gene expression. New York: Plenum Press. 23-24 Discussion: 404–405 (Concept of Synthetic biology), 411–412, 415–417
[24]  Wikipedia. Synthetic biology. Available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology (accessed 11 October 2014)

Full-Text

Contact Us

[email protected]

QQ:3279437679

WhatsApp +8615387084133