Scholarly literature and the press: scientific impact and social perception of physics computing

20th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics

物理学;计算机科学

Pia, M.G.^1 ; Basaglia, T.^2 ; Bell, Z.W.^3 ; Dressendorfer, P.V.^4

INFN, Sezione di Genova, Genova

16146, Italy^1

CERN, Geneva

1211, Switzerland^2

ORNL, Oak Ridge

TN

37830, United States^3

IEEE, Piscataway

NJ

08854, United States^4

关键词: Mainstream media;    Physics research;    Press release;    Scientific literature;    Scientometric analysis;    Scientometrics;    Social perception;    Social roles;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/513/6/062039/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/513/6/062039

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The broad coverage of the search for the Higgs boson in the mainstream media is a relative novelty for high energy physics (HEP) research, whose achievements have traditionally been limited to scholarly literature. This paper illustrates the results of a scientometric analysis of HEP computing in scientific literature, institutional media and the press, and a comparative overview of similar metrics concerning representative particle physics measurements. The picture emerging from these scientometric data documents the relationship between the scientific impact and the social perception of HEP physics research versus that of HEP computing. The results of this analysis suggest that improved communication of the scientific and social role of HEP computing via press releases from the major HEP laboratories would be beneficial to the high energy physics community.