PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ye Henry Li
AU  - Milana Boukhman Trounce
TI  - Analysis of Scholarly Discourse in Biosecurity from 1986-2020
AID  - 10.1101/2020.12.30.424860
DP  - 2021 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 2020.12.30.424860
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/01/01/2020.12.30.424860.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/01/01/2020.12.30.424860.full
AB  - Scholarly discourse in Biosecurity is complex and interdisciplinary. The term ‘Biosecurity’ has different meanings depending on the discipline. This term most often strives to capture efforts to prepare for and respond to threats posed by infectious organisms1. Increasing complexity of discourse in this interdisciplinary field and lack of common definitions can pose communication challenges. We use text mining of scholarly articles to characterize the interdisciplinary field of Biosecurity and the uses of this term over the past 35 years; a context evolution model is built to describe major changes in this field, and it shows a progression toward health security in recent years. Understanding the shifts in discourse predominance helps to illuminate the major challenges facing biosecurity research and academic community, and contributes to enhancing communication across disciplines within the Biosecurity field.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.