01483nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245009800055210006900153260004200222300000900264490000600273520078400279653002201063653001801085653002901103653002901132653002401161653002701185100001701212856003601229       2014                        eng d  a1927-032100aAssessing Scientific Contributions: A Proposed Framework and Its Application to Cybersecurity0 aAssessing Scientific Contributions A Proposed Framework and Its   aOttawabTalent First Networkc11/2014  a5-130 v43 aThrough a synthesis of existing work on evaluating scientific theories and contributions, a framework for assessing scientific contributions is presented. By way of example, the framework is then applied to two contributions to the science of cybersecurity. The science of cybersecurity is slowly emerging. As the science and its theories emerge, it is important to extract the key contributions that characterize actual progress in our understanding of cybersecurity. Researchers and funding agencies will be interested in the assessment framework as a means of assessing scientific contributions to cybersecurity. In a nascent research area such as the science of cybersecurity, this article may contribute to a focused research program to accelerate the growth of the science.10aassessing science10acybersecurity10ascience of cybersecurity10ascientific contributions10ascientific progress10asocietal contributions1 aCraigen, Dan  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/844