Who knows what a mask is … and what it does? A bibliometric and textometric study of more than a century of scientific publications on sanitary masks (1892-2023)

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ID17618179
AutoresFranck Cochoy (0000-0002-0382-5660, University of Toulouse, LISST (UMR CNRS 5193), Toulouse, France, autor de correspondencia), Guillaume Cabanac (0000-0003-3060-6241, Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France), Wendeline Swart (0009-0007-4502-4283, University of Toulouse, IRIT (UMR CNRS 5505), Toulouse, France)
Año2025
Volumen55
Número5
Páginas756-790
Fecha de publicación2025-03-19
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Studies of Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0306-3127 • E-ISSN: 1460-3659
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/03063127251322880
PMID40105096
OpenAlexW4408623198
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas44

In this article, the authors identify the disciplines that have taken an interest in masks over time, as well as how, in what proportions, according to what concerns, with what developments, and possibly with what effects. They ask whether the multiplicity of disciplinary perspectives is likely to lead to the emergence and sharing of new concerns, especially environmental ones, or whether the balkanization and juxtaposition of disciplines may leave certain aspects in the dark and thus contribute to the persistent production of a certain kind of ignorance. Based on a bibliometric and textometric study of more than 6000 scientific articles (1892-2023), they show the extent to which the Covid-19 pandemic has turned the study of masks upside down. It has encouraged the development of multidisciplinary and even interdisciplinary approaches, even if the legacy of almost exclusively medical sciences and engineering tends to severely limit hybridizations. The study highlights the possible emergence of a new movement of ‘scientization of the popular’, which leads scientists to incorporate the everyday concerns of ordinary citizens into the conduct of their research, thus challenging and reversing the well-known process of popularizing science

Denial · Discipline · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Ignorance · Multidisciplinary approach · Social science · Sociology · Engineering · Infection Control and Ventilation · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology

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