An approach to interdisciplinarity through bibliometric indicators

Fernanda Morillo (), María Bordons and Isabel Gómez
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Fernanda Morillo: (CINDOC) Consejo Superiorde Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
María Bordons: (CINDOC) Consejo Superiorde Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Isabel Gómez: (CINDOC) Consejo Superiorde Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

Scientometrics, 2001, vol. 51, issue 1, No 11, 203-222

Abstract: Abstract Interdisciplinarity has become of increasing interest in science in the past few years. Thispaper is a case study in the area of Chemistry, in which a series of different bibliometric indicatorsfor measuring interdisciplinarity are presented. The following indicators are analysed: a) ISI multiclassificationof journals in categories, b) patterns of citations and references outside category andc) multi-assignation of documents in Chemical Abstracts sections. Convergence between thedifferent indicators is studied. Depending on the size of the unit analysed (area, category orjournal) the most appropriate indicators are determined.

Date: 2001
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