Wang Gaofeng, Kong Qingqing, Wang Dong, Asmi Fahad
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2023 May 19;11:1085797. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1085797. eCollection 2023.
As a revolutionary biological science and technology, synthetic biology has already spread its influence from natural sciences to humanities and social sciences by introducing biosafety, biosecurity, and ethical issues to society. The current study aims to elaborate the intellectual bases and research front of the synthetic biology field in the sphere of philosophy, ethics, and social sciences, with knowledge mapping and bibliometric methods. The literature records from the Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index in the Web of Science Core Collection from 1982 to 2021 were collected and analyzed to illustrate the intellectual structure of philosophical, ethical, and social research of synthetic biology. This study profiled the hotspots of research focus on its governance, philosophical and ethical concerns, and relevant technologies. This study offers clues and enlightenment for the stakeholders and researchers to follow the progress of this emerging discipline and technology and to understand the cutting-edge ideas and future form of this field, which takes on greater significance in the post-COVID-19 era.
作为一门革命性的生物科学技术，合成生物学通过向社会引入生物安全、生物安保及伦理问题，其影响力已从自然科学领域扩展至人文社会科学领域。本研究旨在运用知识图谱和文献计量方法，阐述合成生物学领域在哲学、伦理和社会科学范畴内的知识基础与研究前沿。收集并分析了1982年至2021年科学网核心合集中社会科学引文索引和艺术与人文引文索引的文献记录，以阐明合成生物学哲学、伦理和社会研究的知识结构。本研究剖析了其治理、哲学与伦理关切以及相关技术等研究重点的热点。本研究为利益相关者和研究人员追踪这一新兴学科和技术的进展、理解该领域的前沿思想和未来形态提供了线索与启示，这在新冠疫情后时代具有更重大的意义。
