A multi-level systems perspective for the science of team science

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 49, 2010, Pages

  Börner, Katy ^a   Contractor, Noshir ^b   Falk Krzesinski, Holly J ^c   Fiore, Stephen M ^d   Hall, Kara L ^e   Keyton, Joann ^f   Spring, Bonnie ^g   Stokols, Daniel ^h   Trochim, William ⁱ   Uzzi, Brian ^j  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^j NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE; TEAMWORK; TECHNOLOGY; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH; SCIENCE;

EID: 77956900965     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3001399     Document Type: Note

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38. Acknowledgments: The authors comprised the Program Committee for the First Annual International Science of Team Science (SciTS) Conference in Chicago, 22 to 24 April 2010. The authors acknowledge fellow committee member J. Cummings of the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, for his role in helping shape the ideas presented herein. Funding: This publication was made possible by grant awards UL1RR025741 and NIH U24RR029822 from the National Institutes of Health (National Center for Research Resources CTSA and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act programs) and by grant award 0915602 from the National Science Foundation (Social & Economic Sciences, Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences Directorate). Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.