Diversity of references as an indicator of the interdisciplinarity of journals: Taking similarity between subject fields into account

Volume: 67, Issue: 5, Pages: 1257 - 1265
Published: May 1, 2016
Abstract
The objective of this article is to further the study of journal interdisciplinarity, or, more generally, knowledge integration at the level of individual articles. Interdisciplinarity is operationalized by the diversity of subject fields assigned to cited items in the article's reference list. Subject fields and subfields were obtained from the Leuven-Budapest ECOOM subject-classification scheme, while disciplinary diversity was measured taking...
Paper Details
Title
Diversity of references as an indicator of the interdisciplinarity of journals: Taking similarity between subject fields into account
Published Date
May 1, 2016
Volume
67
Issue
5
Pages
1257 - 1265
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