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Science behind AI: the evolution of trend, mobility, and collaboration

Science behind AI: the evolution of trend, mobility, and collaboration
Science behind AI: the evolution of trend, mobility, and collaboration
In this era of interdisciplinary science, many scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence (AI), have brought dramatic revolutions to
human society. The increasing availability of digital data on scholarly outputs offers unprecedented opportunities to explore science of science (SciSci). Despite many significant works have been done on SciSci, substantial disciplinary differences in different domains make some insights inadequate within particular fields. One thing standing out is that knowledge concerning the science behind AI is sorely lacking. In this work, we study the evolution of AI from three dimensions, including the evolution of trend, mobility, and collaboration. We find that the AI research hotspots have shifted from theory to application. The USA, which has the largest number of distinguished AI scientists, appeals most to the global AI talents. The brain drain problem of AI scientists is increasingly serious in developing countries. The ties among the AI elites are highly clustered in the collaboration network. Overall, our work aims to serve as a starter and support the development of AI exploring in a visionary way.
993–1013
Sha Yuan,
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Shao, Zhou
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Wei, Xingxing
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Tang, Jie
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Hall, Wendy
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Wang, Yongli
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Wang, Ying
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Wang, Ye
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Sha Yuan,
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Shao, Zhou
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Wei, Xingxing
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Tang, Jie
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Hall, Wendy
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Wang, Yongli
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Wang, Ying
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Wang, Ye
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Sha Yuan, , Shao, Zhou, Wei, Xingxing, Tang, Jie, Hall, Wendy, Wang, Yongli, Wang, Ying and Wang, Ye (2020) Science behind AI: the evolution of trend, mobility, and collaboration. Scientometrics, 124, 993–1013. (doi:10.1007/s11192-020-03423-7).

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Abstract

In this era of interdisciplinary science, many scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence (AI), have brought dramatic revolutions to
human society. The increasing availability of digital data on scholarly outputs offers unprecedented opportunities to explore science of science (SciSci). Despite many significant works have been done on SciSci, substantial disciplinary differences in different domains make some insights inadequate within particular fields. One thing standing out is that knowledge concerning the science behind AI is sorely lacking. In this work, we study the evolution of AI from three dimensions, including the evolution of trend, mobility, and collaboration. We find that the AI research hotspots have shifted from theory to application. The USA, which has the largest number of distinguished AI scientists, appeals most to the global AI talents. The brain drain problem of AI scientists is increasingly serious in developing countries. The ties among the AI elites are highly clustered in the collaboration network. Overall, our work aims to serve as a starter and support the development of AI exploring in a visionary way.

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Accepted/In Press date: 14 March 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 10 June 2020

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Local EPrints ID: 443059
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/443059
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ORCID for Wendy Hall: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4327-7811

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Date deposited: 07 Aug 2020 16:36
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 05:47

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Author: Sha Yuan
Author: Zhou Shao
Author: Xingxing Wei
Author: Jie Tang
Author: Wendy Hall ORCID iD
Author: Yongli Wang
Author: Ying Wang
Author: Ye Wang

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