What is it about?
We discuss the production of psychological knowledge from a social networks' perspective, by describing the Brazilian case. We explore how the characteristics of these networks help to explain patterns of relationships in nine sub-areas of Psychology.
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Why is it important?
Understanding the social processes that underlie knowledge production is key to seeing research as a collective and human endeavour, guided by the dynamics of affiliation between researchers and the exchanges they do with other researchers. This social perspective brings to the forefront of science the role of those groups engaged in it, rather than conceiving science as resulting from the work of isolated scientists or as a neutral phenomenon.
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I hope this article contributes to discussions on the social dynamics of knowledge production in contexts other than Psychology and Brazil. The driving theme of science as a social endeavour is intriguing and extremelly relevant to scientific communities and research funders. I hope readers take the message that we need to understand better how we build knowledge and that understanding social networks of researchers is central to it.
Assistant Professor Ariane Agnes Corradi
Federal University of Minas Gerais
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This page is a summary of: Social networks of knowledge production in Brazilian psychology: comparing sub-areas, International Review of Sociology, December 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/03906701.2017.1411317.
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