Interdisciplinarity and impact: distinct effects of variety, balance, and disparity.

Interdisciplinary research is increasingly recognized as the solution to today's challenging scientific and societal problems, but the relationship between interdisciplinary research and scientific impact is still unclear. This paper studies the association between the degree of interdisciplina...

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Main Authors: Jian Wang, Bart Thijs, Wolfgang Glänzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127298