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An approach to interdisciplinarity through bibliometric indicators

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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.

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Morillo, F., Bordons, M. & Gómez, I. An approach to interdisciplinarity through bibliometric indicators. Scientometrics 51, 203–222 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010529114941

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