Scientific research has evolved from an activity mainly undertaken by individuals operating in a few locations to many teams, large communities, and complex organizations involving hundreds to thousands of individuals worldwide. In the 17th century, scientists would communicate through letters and were able to understand and assimilate major developments across all the emerging major disciplines. In 2016—the most recent year for which data are available—more than 2,295,000 scientific and engineering research articles were published worldwide (National Science Foundation, 2018e). In addition, the number of scientific and engineering fields and subfields of research is large and has greatly expanded in recent years, especially in fields that intersect disciplines (e.g., biophysics); more than 230 distinct fields and subfields can now be identified. The published literature is so voluminous and specialized that some researchers look to information retrieval, machine learning, and artificial intelligence techniques to track and apprehend the important work in their own fields.
N. Jovanović. Colloquia Maruliana XIII, стр. 67--88. Split, Književni krug Split, Marulianum, (2004)The Dialogus de Hercule a Christicolis superato is a twenty-page text written in about 1519, but not printed until June 13 1524, six months after the death of its author. This text is important for philological study of Marko Marulić, being the only one of his writings that we can read both in the autograph and in a contemporary printed edition. Moreover, this text very clearly --- both by its contents and by its physical appearance --- signalises its affiliation to Renaissance Humanism. The Dialogus provides points of reference for assessing how much can we trust the printed works of Marulić, and how does Maruić write when he intends to write as a Humanist..