The science of team science: Origins and themesThe Science of Team Science: Overview of the Field and Introduction to the Supplement
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Background
The past two decades have witnessed a surge of interest and investments in large-scale team science programs.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Ambitious multiyear initiatives to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration in research and training have been launched by several public agencies and private foundations.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Considering the enormous complexity and multifactorial causation of the most vexing social, environmental, and public health problems (e.g., terrorism and inter-ethnic
The Science of Team Science: Units of Analysis and Distinguishing Features
It is important to distinguish between team science initiatives themselves and the science-of-team-science field, whose principal units of analysis are the large research and training initiatives implemented by public agencies and nonpublic organizations and the various projects within each initiative conducted by scholars who work within and across their respective fields. Team science initiatives are designed to promote collaborative—and often cross-disciplinary—approaches to analyzing
Characteristics of Scientific Initiatives and Teams
Efforts to integrate knowledge in the science-of-team-science field face considerable challenges, owing to the highly disparate units of analysis found in the earlier studies of scientific teams.27, 36, 56 Research teams, for example, may consist of investigators drawn from either the same or different fields (i.e., unidisciplinary versus cross-disciplinary teams). These teams vary not only in terms of their disciplinary composition but also in terms of their size, organizational complexity,
Substantive Concerns and Research Foci Within the Science-of-Team-Science Field
The science-of-team-science field encompasses an amalgam of conceptual frameworks and methodologies that have been used in earlier studies to assess the processes and outcomes of cross-disciplinary research centers and teams. The findings from these studies are part of a rapidly growing database within the science-of-team-science field.2, 3, 8, 10, 31, 32, 38, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80 Common themes that offer a basis for integrating prior and future studies of team science initiatives are
Goals and Organization of This Supplement on the Science of Team Science
The present supplement is based on the proceedings of the NCI Conference on the Science of Team Science held in Bethesda MD during October 2006, cosponsored by the NCI, the NIH OBSSR, and the American Psychological Association.33 The purposes of the NCI conference were to address ambiguities and gaps in the science-of-team-science literature, promote greater integration of knowledge in this field, and identify key issues for future investigation. As a prelude to this event, the NCI convened a
Summary
The preceding discussion offers an overview of the science-of-team-science field in terms of its major conceptual, methodologic, and translational concerns. This field encompasses a wide array of research projects and strategies aimed at better understanding, evaluating, and managing circumstances that influence the effectiveness of large-scale team science initiatives. Common themes are beginning to emerge in the literature, but several gaps in the science-of-team-science knowledge base remain
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