Interdisciplinary dynamics of modern science: analysis of cross-disciplinary citation flows

Citation
T. Van Leeuwen et R. Tijssen, Interdisciplinary dynamics of modern science: analysis of cross-disciplinary citation flows, RES EVALUAT, 9(3), 2000, pp. 183-187
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Library & Information Science
Journal title
RESEARCH EVALUATION
ISSN journal
09582029 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
183 - 187
Database
ISI
SICI code
0958-2029(200012)9:3<183:IDOMSA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The references in research papers provide empirical data on knowledge flows within and between scientific disciplines. Many citations refer to papers that are published in scientific journals covering adjacent scientific disc iplines. We have used this information source to explore - at the global le vel - the extent to which disciplines are interrelated through these cross- disciplinary citation links. Irt this paper we describe the main features o f the bibliometric methodology. The first results of this study provide new macro-level data on the interdisciplinarity, of modern science and identif y a few disciplines, such as meteorology and atmospheric sciences, in which research has become noticeably more interdisciplinary.