BIFURCATION MARKER AS A MEANS OF ASSESSING THE FUNCTIONING OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES. THE CASE OF NOVOSIBIRSK SCIENTIFIC SCHOOLS OF RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
Anastasia Sergeevna Panova
Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, 28, Vilyuyskaya st., Novosibirsk, 630126, Russia
Keywords: scientific school, scientific community, physiology of kidneys and water-salt metabolism, renal physiology, bifurcation marker, history of biology, history of physiology
Abstract
The article considers the influence of various factors on the functioning and development of scientific communities, in particular, the scientific schools of renal physiology in Novosibirsk. It is aimed to reveal the concept of bifurcation marker as a tool for assessing the functioning and development of scientific communities. The results of the study show that ups and downs in the work of scientific schools are caused by the action of a bifurcation marker - an event that determines the vector of the school’s further development. In our opinion, the following should be considered as such for the Novosibirsk schools of renal physiology: socio-economic factors; the factor of the leader’s personality; the activity of the research team; material and technical equipment; collaboration; the change in the main line of scientific activity; decrease in the size of the school staff; the change of leadership, departure of the leader. The use of the proposed tool will make it possible to analyze the significance of various factors for ensuring the functional activity and the very existence of scientific communities.
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