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Study of the collaboration in the field of the Chinese humanities and social sciences

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This paper probes into the current status of collaboration regarding the field of the Chinese humanities and social sciences in respects of the degree of collaboration and the status of the relationships. It researches the status quo in humanities, the growth of social development science and cross-disciplinary social science, and the maturity of applied social science. In addition, it further highlights the important roles of economics, management, and library and information science in the collaboration network of humanities and social science with their extensive intra-disciplinary cooperation and crucial roles in the whole collaboration network.

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This research is supported by the Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, notably, “Research on Formation Mechanism and Evolution Laws of Knowledge Networks” (No.: 71173249).

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Ma, F., Li, Y. & Chen, B. Study of the collaboration in the field of the Chinese humanities and social sciences. Scientometrics 100, 439–458 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-014-1301-z

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