ABSTRACT

Do-it-yourself (DIY) science research is currently in an expansion phase both in terms of its depth (with an increasing number of papers published each year) and its scope (with the core ideas being linked to an increasing number of constructs). To develop a more holistic appreciation of how the field has developed and to identify potential avenues of future research we undertake a bibliometric content analysis of the DIY science literature post 1980. We find four major clusters pertaining to education, culture, the operationalising of DIY science (including commercialisation) and technology-related issues. We review each of these clusters and the main themes contained within the cluster, including highlighting possible research questions that align to these key themes. We find the field to be highly dispersed theoretically on the basis of the bibliometric content analysis. In considering a range of sample papers in each thematic cluster, we identify a range of potential research topics going forward. Identifying the key thematic foci of DIY science research to date provides the researchers within the field the opportunity to clearly locate their work within a highly diverse literature and to build new research trajectories around core concepts.

摘要

自己动手 (DIY) 科学研究目前在深度（每年发表的论文数量越来越多）和范围（核心思想与越来越多的结构相关联）方面都处于扩展阶段. 为了更全面地了解该领域的发展方式并确定未来研究的潜在途径，我们对 1980 年后的 DIY 科学文献进行了文献计量内容分析。我们发现四个主要集群与教育、文化、DIY 科学的运作有关（包括商业化）和技术相关问题。我们回顾了这些集群中的每一个以及集群中包含的主要主题，包括突出与这些关键主题一致的可能研究问题。在文献计量内容分析的基础上，我们发现该领域在理论上是高度分散的。在考虑每个主题集群中的一系列样本论文时，我们确定了一系列潜在的研究主题。确定迄今为止 DIY 科学研究的关键主题焦点为该领域的研究人员提供了在高度多样化的文献中清楚地定位他们的工作并围绕核心概念建立新的研究轨迹的机会。