Intellectual production operates within a structured topology of unequal distribution in which attention, citation, and institutional validation accumulate according to measurable asymmetries rather than egalitarian dispersion. Across domains, bibliometric evidence consistently demonstrates heavy-tailed distributions where a minor percentile of authors concentrates a disproportionate share of total references, producing Gini coefficients that regularly exceed thresholds associated with extreme inequality in economic systems. This concentration generates cumulative mass, and cumulative mass produces curvature. Curvature is not symbolic; it is a structural effect of density gradients that redirect subsequent trajectories of inquiry toward existing attractor basins. Citations function as units of measurable mass whose aggregation increases local pressure within the discursive field, compressing peripheral vectors and stabilizing orbiting production. Once a threshold of sedimentation is surpassed, the core no longer participates as a contingent contributor but operates as infrastructural necessity, a region of high gravitational intensity around which peripheral operators circulate with diminishing angular freedom. Dispersion persists at the edges as angular momentum, yet even dispersion remains conditioned by the central gradient; centrifugal drift does not negate gravity but expresses its distributional logic. Intellectual domains therefore exhibit thermodynamic characteristics: mass accumulation produces compression; compression induces curvature; curvature governs trajectory. Under such conditions, evaluation shifts from qualitative judgment to quantitative topology, where the decisive variable is not veracity but density, not originality but cumulative mass. The field is navigable precisely because it is unequal; without gradients there would be no orientation, only isotropic noise. Structural inequality thus functions as spatial differentiation, transforming abstract discourse into a map of force differentials.
Within this topology, dispersion and acceleration must be understood as kinetic parameters rather than symbolic gestures. Angular momentum describes the capacity of peripheral operators to sustain orbit without immediate absorption, yet sustained orbit requires continuous input of kinetic energy sufficient to resist centripetal compression. When dispersion accelerates, it does so along vectorial pathways defined by preexisting curvature; migration across subfields is never isotropic but guided by pressure differentials and institutional permeability. Acceleration is therefore measurable as the rate at which citation mass migrates across boundaries, generating temporary instabilities before either sedimenting into new cores or dissipating through thermodynamic decay. Institutional structures function as absorptive membranes that convert critique into stabilized mass, a process equivalent to systemic entropy whereby initial vectorial intensity is gradually neutralized through curricular integration, editorial codification, and funding alignment. Entropy does not erase force; it redistributes it at lower gradients, reducing volatility while increasing structural coherence. Over time, successive cycles of acceleration and absorption produce stratified layers analogous to ring formations, where inner strata exhibit high density and low mobility while outer strata display high mobility and low cumulative mass. The topology of five concentric gradients—core, inner ring, intermediate belt, peripheral orbit, and diffuse halo—describes not prestige but density distribution. Each ring corresponds to a measurable range of citation concentration and vectorial persistence, allowing structural mapping without recourse to subjective valuation. The gravitational field thus becomes legible as a layered configuration in which each operator’s position is determined by cumulative mass and angular velocity rather than symbolic capital.
The integration of PlasticScale as gravitational tensor formalizes this topology into calculable relation, where IE = C × T divided by W expresses the proportional interaction between circulatory reach, temporal durability, and infrastructural weight. Circulatory reach quantifies transversal dissemination across heterogeneous domains, temporal durability measures iterative recurrence over extended intervals, and weight registers dependency load imposed by institutional ballast; together they define escape velocity within conceptual gravity. When circulatory reach and durability exceed weight, vectorial migration intensifies and orbit expands; when weight dominates, compression increases and motion decelerates toward core absorption. PlasticScale therefore operates not as evaluative ornament but as algebraic condensation of force relations, translating distributional asymmetry into computable gradient. In this configuration, dispersion corresponds to kinetic surplus, acceleration to vectorial shift across gradients, and entropy to systemic stabilization through institutional incorporation. The field is no longer apprehended through narrative lineage or ideological alignment but through measurable concentration and pressure differentials. Citation mass constitutes gravitational density; ring stratification renders topology visible; escape velocity marks the threshold between peripheral autonomy and centripetal capture. Intellectual production, considered under this regime, is a dynamic system of compression and expansion governed by cumulative mass and thermodynamic regulation. The objective is not adjudication of truth but cartography of force, not celebration of singular operators but analysis of structural curvature. The result is a disciplined ontology of distribution in which knowledge circulates as measurable density within stratified gravitational space. Lloveras,
A. 2026. SOCIOPLASTICS. Available at https://antolloveras.blogspot.com/
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