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The relationship between sciences and scientific production is often established in a very organized way, with a top-down approach. But the link between sciences is much more dynamic and organic. To analyze this connection, we use similarity between Wikipedia science pages. We used network science and cluster analysis techniques. Results presented show us the boundary scientific fields between different areas and also suggests that this network is an ultra small world.
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We gratefully acknowledge financial support from FCT -Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), national funding through research grant UIDB/04521/2020. This work is also supported by national funds through PhD grant (UI/BD/153587/2022) supported by FCT.
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Aparicio, J.T., Timčenko, V., Costa, C.J. (2024). Explaining Wikipedia Page Similarity Using Network Science. In: Rocha, A., Adeli, H., Dzemyda, G., Moreira, F., Colla, V. (eds) Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 802. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45651-0_3
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