Mapping a research agenda for the science of team science

Holly J. Falk-Krzesinski, Noshir Contractor, Stephen M. Fiore, Kara L. Hall, Cathleen Kane, Joann Keyton, Julie Thompson Klein, Bonnie Spring, Daniel Stokols, William Trochim

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Abstract

An increase in cross-disciplinary, collaborative team science initiatives over the last few decades has spurred interest by multiple stakeholder groups in empirical research on scientific teams, giving rise to an emergent field referred to as the science of team science (SciTS). This study employed a collaborative team science concept-mapping evaluation methodology to develop a comprehensive research agenda for the SciTS field. Its integrative mixed-methods approach combined group process with statistical analysis to derive a conceptual framework that identifies research areas of team science and their relative importance to the emerging SciTS field. The findings from this concept-mapping project constitute a lever for moving SciTS forward at theoretical, empirical, and translational levels.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)145-158
Number of pages14
JournalResearch Evaluation
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2011

Funding

This article and the SciTS conference were made possible by grant awards UL1RR025741 and U24RR029822 from the National Institutes of Health (NCRR CTSA and ARRA) to Northwestern University; UL1RR024996 from the National Institutes of Health (NCRR CTSA) to Weill Cornell Medical College; 0814364 from the National Science Foundation (DRL REESE) to Cornell University; 0915602 from the National Science Foundation (SES SciSIP and IOS) to the University of Central Florida; 0838564 from the National Science Foundation (IIS VOSS) to Northwestern University; and by conference support from the NIH National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences and the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute; and by a philanthropic donation from Bill and Sheila Lambert, sponsors of the Lambert Family Communication Conference of the School of Communication at Northwestern University.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • Library and Information Sciences

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