ArticlePloS one2012
Synthetic biology: mapping the scientific landscape.
Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The view of synthetic biology in the field of ethics: a thematic systematic review.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Pooled it
- Mapping the Emergence of Synthetic Biology.PloS one · 2016Pooled it
- Epistemology of synthetic biology: a new theoretical framework based on its potential objects and objectives.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- A Critical Review of the Current Global Ex Situ Conservation System for Plant Agrobiodiversity. II. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Current System and Recommendations for Its Improvement.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Private and public values of innovation: A patent analysis of synthetic biology.Research policy · 2020Article
- Regulation of Synthetic Biology: Developments Under the Convention on Biological Diversity and Its Protocols.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Review
- YouTube resources for synthetic biology education.Synthetic biology (Oxford, England) · 2019Article
- Mapping the evolution of entrepreneurship as a field of research (1990-2013): A scientometric analysis.PloS one · 2018Article
- Synthetic biology in the UK - An outline of plans and progress.Synthetic and systems biotechnology · 2016Review
- A brief overview of synthetic biology research programs and roadmap studies in the United States.Synthetic and systems biotechnology · 2016Review
- Are Randomized Controlled Trials the (G)old Standard? From Clinical Intelligence to Prescriptive Analytics.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Article
- From a word to a world: the current situation in the interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology.PeerJ · 2015Article
- Mapping the landscape of climate engineering.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2014Article
- Synthetic biology: biology by design.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2013Article
- A survey of enabling technologies in synthetic biology.Journal of biological engineering · 2013Article
- Multicellular computing using conjugation for wiring.PloS one · 2013Article
- Review
- Tracking the emergence of synthetic biology.ScientometricsArticle
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Abstract
This article uses data from Thomson Reuters Web of Science to map and analyse the scientific landscape for synthetic biology. The article draws on recent advances in data visualisation and analytics with the aim of informing upcoming international policy debates on the governance of synthetic biology by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. We use mapping techniques to identify how synthetic biology can best be understood and the range of institutions, researchers and funding agencies involved. Debates under the Convention are likely to focus on a possible moratorium on the field release of synthetic organisms, cells or genomes. Based on the empirical evidence we propose that guidance could be provided to funding agencies to respect the letter and spirit of the Convention on Biological Diversity in making research investments. Building on the recommendations of the United States Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues we demonstrate that it is possible to promote independent and transparent monitoring of developments in synthetic biology using modern information tools. In particular, public and policy understanding and engagement with synthetic biology can be enhanced through the use of online interactive tools. As a step forward in this process we make existing data on the scientific literature on synthetic biology available in an online interactive workbook so that researchers, policy makers and civil society can explore the data and draw conclusions for themselves.
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