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How integrated are theoretical and applied physics?

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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.

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Acknowledgements

Henrique F. de Arruda acknowledges CAPES for sponsorship. Cesar H. Comin thanks FAPESP (Grant No. 15/18942-8) for financial support. Luciano da F. Costa thanks CNPq (Grant No. 307333/2013-2) and NAP-PRP-USP for sponsorship. This work has been supported also by FAPESP Grants 11/50761-2 and 2015/22308-2.

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  1. Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Henrique F. de Arruda

  2. Department of Computer Science, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Cesar H. Comin

  3. São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Luciano da F. Costa

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de Arruda, H.F., Comin, C.H. & Costa, L.d.F. How integrated are theoretical and applied physics?. Scientometrics 116, 1113–1121 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2777-8

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