Morillo F, Bordons M, Gomez I "Interdisciplinarity in science: A tentative typology of disciplines and research areas" JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 54 (13): 1237-1249 NOV 2003

[Eugene Garfield]

TITLE    Interdisciplinarity in science: A tentative typology of disciplines
         and research areas

AUTHOR   Morillo F, Bordons M, Gomez I

JOURNAL  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND
         TECHNOLOGY   54 (13): 1237-1249 NOV 2003


 Document type: Article    Language: English    Cited References: 33
 Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
Interdisciplinarity is considered the best way to face practical research
topics since synergy between traditional disciplines has proved very
fruitful. Studies on interdisciplinarity from all possible perspectives are
increasingly demanded. Different interdisciplinarity measures have been used
in case studies but, up to now, no general interdisciplinarity indicator
useful for Science Policy purposes has been accepted. The bibliometric
methodology presented here provides a general overview of all scientific
disciplines, with special attention to their interrelation. This work aims
to establish a tentative typology of disciplines and research areas
according to their degree of interdisciplinarity. Interdisciplinarity is
measured through a series of indicators based on Institute for Scientific
Information (ISI) multi-assignation of journals in subject categories.
Research areas and categories are described according to the quantity of
their links (number of related categories) and their quality (with close or
distant categories, diversity, and strength of links). High levels of
interrelations between categories are observed. Four different types of
categories are found through cluster analysis. This differentiates "big"
interdisciplinarity, which links distant categories, from "small"
interdisciplinarity, in which close categories are related. The location of
specific categories in the clusters is discussed.

KeyWords Plus:
COLLABORATION, UNIVERSITY, INDICATORS, KNOWLEDGE, FIELDS, FLOWS

Addresses:
Morillo F, CSIC, CINDOC, Joaquin Costa 22, Madrid 28002, Spain
CSIC, CINDOC, Madrid 28002, Spain

Publisher:
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA

IDS Number:
730VQ


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 *NSF                  SCI ENG IND 2002                                2002
 *OECD                 INT SCI TECHN                                   1998
 BORDONS M             SCIENTOMETRICS                46       383      1999
 BOURKE P              RES POLICY                    26       711      1998
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 GIBBONS M             NEW PRODUCTION KNOWL                            1994
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 HARGENS LL            SCIENTOMETRICS                 9       145      1986
 KATZ S                P 5 BIENN C INT SOC                    245      1995
 KLEIN JT              CROSSING BOUNDARIES                             1996
 KLEIN JT              LIBR TRENDS                   45       134      1996
 LEYDESDORFF L         SCIENTOMETRICS                26       135      1993
 MORILLO F             ESTUDIO INTERDISCIPL                            2000
 MORILLO F             SCIENTOMETRICS                51       203      2001
 NOMA E                SUBJECT CLASSIFICATI                            1986
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 PIERCE SJ             J AM SOC INFORM SCI           50       271      1999
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 RINIA EJ              SCIENTOMETRICS                54       347      2002
 SALTON G              INTRO MODERN INFORMA                            1983
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 SCHMIDT R             AILA REV                      11        11      1994
 SMALL H               LIBR TRENDS                   48        72      1999
 STEELE TW             J AM SOC INFORM SCI           51       476      2000
 TIJSSEN RJW           RES POLICY                    21        27      1992
 TOMOV DT              SCIENTOMETRICS                37       267      1996
 URATA H               SCIENTOMETRICS                18       309      1990
 VANDENBESSELAAR P     P 8 INT C SCIENT INF                   705      2001
 VANLEEUWEN T          RES EVALUAT                    9       183      2000
 VANRAAN AFJ           RES POLICY                    31       611      2002
 WEINGART P            PRACTISING INTERDISC                            1999


ISSN:
1532-2882


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