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A Comparative Study on Interdisciplinarity in the Fields of Science and Technology Based on Journal Citation and Web Link Analyses

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
  • Abbr : JKOSIM
  • 2007, 24(3), pp.179~200
  • DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2007.24.3.179
  • Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : August 15, 2007
  • Accepted : September 5, 2007
  • Published : September 30, 2007

Ho-Yeun Jung 1 Young-Mee Chung 1

1연세대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study identifies the interdisciplinary structures of 8 scientific disciplines in science and technology using the data from journal citations and web links, and compares the interdisciplinarity among these scientific disciplines. The interdisciplinarity refers to interdisciplinary connections among scientific fields and the degree of interdisciplinarity is measured by the number of associated fields and the rate of self-citation. A re-arranged classification scheme for science and technology was adopted to identify subject categories of journals and web pages. Web link analysis revealed a few additional interdisciplinary connections that were not identified by the journal citation analysis, thus demonstrating that it is useful means of investigating the interdisciplinarity of scientific fields. Besides, in most of the cases the interdisciplinarity of the engineering fields were found greater than that of the fields in natural sciences in both analyses.

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