Interdisciplinary scientific research (IDR) extends and challenges the study of science on a
number of fronts, including creating output science and engineering (S&E) indicators. This …

Collective creativity and innovation are key determinants of various important outcomes
ranging from competitiveness of an organization to GDP growth of a country. As a result, this …

Interdisciplinary research is widely considered a hothouse for innovation, and the only
plausible approach to complex problems such as climate change,. One barrier to …

In the last two decades there have been studies claiming that science is becoming ever
more interdisciplinary. However, the evidence has been anecdotal or partial. Here we …

Both funding agencies and scholars in science studies have become increasingly
concerned with how to define and identify interdisciplinarity in research. The task is tricky …

This study provides quantitative evidence on how the use of journal rankings can
disadvantage interdisciplinary research in research evaluations. Using publication and …

The multidimensional character and inherent conflict with categorisation of interdisciplinarity
makes its map** and evaluation a challenging task. We propose a conceptual framework …

There is a lack of understanding regarding the optimal conditions for interdisciplinary
research. This study investigates what characteristics of researchers are associated with …

The decomposition of scientific literature into disciplinary and subdisciplinary structures is
one of the core goals of scientometrics. How can we achieve a good decomposition? The ISI …

Research on interdisciplinary science has for the most part concentrated on the institutional
obstacles that discourage or hamper interdisciplinary work, with the expectation that …